THE OUT OF THE BOX APPROACHTHINKING

Inspired by the Story

of :GiovanniCorazza

WHAT IS THIS ????

Well , its just a thinking way which is

out of the usual League and is

certainly Creative .So ,basically an approach different

from the Standard one .

But , you need to Practice :

HOW TO GET O

UT OF

BOX???

WHERE T

O GO??

?

HOW TO

COME B

ACK

INSID

E ???

And there are some Questions regarding this Approach …………….

WHY Inside we feels safe , outside we get exposed and risks our reputation .So , we need to decide

IS IT A LUXURY

IS IT A NECESSITY

So, why this kind of

CREATIVE thinking is required

Its TRUE that we all possess the Same information , then what makes a difference ???

Then why we have a situation where only few people manage to go Out Of The BOX while the other keep on thinking with in the Limits ??

Well , that depends on what we generate to possess .

And thus crossing the limits at times is indeed a Necessity for our Dignity

“A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes. ”

Now , here we come with the concept of Human Mind

SAFE ZONE

RISK ZONE

The SAFE ZONE is the zone of our mind through which we take Standard, Non-risky decisions while this RISK ZONE allows us to take Risky, Out Of The Box decisions

Thus , this Out Of The Box is with in our minds . We just need to stimulate this part of the mind during the situations when a Creative solution to a problem is required or a new Creative process is to be undergone !!

So , don’t

just play safe .Play your best

!!

And the Next Question is :

HOW

How to add something Beyond and go Out Of The Box

DIVERGENT INFORMATION

We have ideas of how things should be .We need to add something beyond ,apparently not relevant ……….Thus we need DIVERGENT INFORMATION

WHERE Another Question is :

Now , once we are out , we feel excited about thinking something different from the others in the initial phase coming out ….

But , how many of us can achieve success even after taking a step out of the League ????

Answer is : Very fewwww

But why so…..

The Reasons may be :

1Many of the Out standers don’t realize where to go and till what extent

??

2 Even if they do realize that , they fear to walk alone

3 Now , even if we do overcome this fear ; we are tempted to go back inside the box where we were feeling safe and leave that strange and lonely place , where we feel left out .

But , wait !!! There is always a solution and the one to this problem is :

Thus , there is a problem of the lack of ability to resist fear , temptation and hold our decisions for lone

“LONG THINKING “

LONG THINKING refers to some thought that takes us long . For this , we need to be Open-minded , Creative , accept Alternative thinking if we are felt by the world that our thoughts are Irrelevant .

Thus , this way we can be Self-confident and thus feel proud of our decisions howsoever different they may be

WHAT

And yet another Question is :

What is the value of the New Idea ???

"Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside awakens." - Carl Jung

Well have the Eyes to notice the Difference in the In-box and Outside-Box phases……

“If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”

“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”

JIM ROHNSo , it is our MOTIVATION which keeps us

going and makes us realize the importance or the Value of our decisions

So , all we need here is a

PUSH

WHEN

And , so we come now with the Final Question which is :

As in , When is it a good idea to think Out Of The Box ???

These days , everyone is running a race around Time and is so much pre-occupied that he/she is left with no time to think something creative

So , is there any time to think some thing

irrelevant ??

YES , there are times !!..But you

have to just find the Right time and

Volunteer !!

But what brings us those times ??

Lets see !!

1 When your Dignity demands and you decide to think something exceptional which sets you apart from the Crowd around you .

MIKE ROSS from Suits (an American TV series) : an Out of the Box Thinker

2 When the situation demands ,i.e, Progress rate is going very slow by adopting usual monotonous approaches at work

And so , you decide to do some thing unusual , though irrelevant it may be …

And so this is the time , you step out and be away from the trend

Now , what role does the Environment plays on our ability to take these Our Of The Box decisions ???

Well , if the Environment around is Creative & Motivating , you need to allow irrelevant info to come in

So , if we are Acknowledged and appreciated ,Our ability to take Outstanding Decisions certainly enhances !!

Difference between CONVERGENT /DIVERGENT THINKING :

So , it is simple that Convergent thinking works on Facts while the Divergent (Out Of The Box thinking ) works on generating ideas by gathering the Stimulus from around .

This Visual shows the basic difference between the Apple’s approach and the Approach of other Companies

Apple follows Divergent Approach , where they create options ,while

usually companies follows Convergent approach, where they

select options

So , we should follow a Divergent Approach where there is a possibility to explore and create further possibilities

So , we should use a Divergent Modifier to a Convergent Approach

This can be easily done by implementing the following Divergent Strategy instead of the Convergent one

So , we should be :

“A Quick Jump out of the Box is more insightful than a lifetime of the Standard living “

Hillary Rodham Clinton

THANK YOU Created by Jalaj Garg, IIT-Guwahati, during an internship by Prof. Sameer Mathur, IIM Lucknow.www.IIMInternship.com