Creative Thinking: Thinking out of the boxBy-

Sachet JainIIT Delhi

What’s inside the box?

Safe

Risking your reputation : Why go out ?

Same information with all. Then what is the difference between us?

What we generate from that information is what is important.

Which box ??

BOX

Boundary between what we know and what we have not thought about. It is risky as is unknown to all.

HOW??

divergent information+

=

Where does takes us to ??

• Our immediate response is to get back in the box.• Long thinking is important- we need to go far.• Open minded, fluent and look for alternatives. No correct

answer in this state.

Value associated with the idea gained from outside the box.• Resist killing of ideas. You might have found something big.• Look for match between the idea and our initial focus.

Idea

Solves original problem

Solves new problem

Risk, get out of your comfort zone. THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.

Created by Sachet Jain,IIT Delhi, during an internship by Prof. Sameer Mathur, IIM Lucknow.

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