THINKING TO BREAK THE BOX

• Encourage Creativity by Saying Yes

  (Length: 01:58)

  How to help your organization or team thrive.

• Thinking to Break the Box: Ask Better Questions

  (Length: 3:40)

  How do we expand our thinking? How do we get free of thinking ruts that lead to the same old approaches and conclusions? If we are to think outside the box, how do we break out of it?

  There's a mistaken notion that managers and experts are paid to have the answers. Creative thinkers know that it's more helpful to expand the range of questions. Asking fresh questions is an essential break-the-box method.

  
  

• Thinking to Break the Box: Synergistic Thinking

  (Length: 3:10)

  Many creative insights are the result of synergistic thinking. One definition of synergy is combined action or cooperation. So, when you combine two or more unrelated factors to create something new, you’re actually thinking synergistically and creatively.

• Thinking to Break the Box: Asking Fresh Questions

  by Cynthia Clay

  We often talk about the need to think outside the box. Yet typically it's our thinking methods which create that legendary box. We box ourselves in by the way we approach an issue, problem, or opportunity. Here are some useful springboards for thinking to break the box, which involve asking different kinds of questions.

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