We Need More People Who Think Outside of the Box

Growing up in the Silicon Valley, I’m surrounded by people who value embracing the quirky and nerdy side that can lead to creative thinking. Their diverse intellectual passions have shown me how I can make my own difference in the world by realizing that there is no single mold that I fit into.

Roger von Oech, the author of A Whack on the Side of the Head, makes an unusual offer that thinking at random will increase the efficiency at which ideas become more abundant. This particular concept is certainly an original way to come up with new, fresh problem solving techniques. Ambiguity in the world can help new ideas flow for anyone when looked at in a creative way.

The flare for thinking outside of the box in the United States could easily be traced back to the founding of the nation. The Founding Fathers were nation building innovators as they wrote the Constitution. American technological innovations have opened the doors to discovery, which has allowed the United States to continue to be a global

Every day people create innovations because they are never satisfied with their current lives and they strive for improvements. How a person goes about achieving that goal determines the outcome. If a person is sagacious and pragmatic, they will be successful. Consequently, if a person is impractical and does everything without thinking, the outcome could be detrimental. Mary Shelley’s main protagonist, Victor Frankenstein, in Frankenstein, David Gow from Geoff Brumfiel’s article “Replaceable You”, and Dr. Rosen from his interview, “Dr. Daedalus” for Harper’s Magazine all feel they could create something that enhances the world.

During the course of her two-year journey as a fellow student part of the Management and Leadership (Healthcare Concentration) Bachelor of Arts program, the power of thinking outside of the box has greatly contributed to how Ms. Sams thinks creatively to solve problems and making sound logical decision that positively affects the well-being of an organizational environment. First, thinking creatively to solve problems begins with having an open mind to find solutions to challenging issues facing the organization. In addition, by thinking creatively when solving problems also involves a collaboration effort from both management and employees.

Many of the most innovative designs have solved common problems. Think about products like jackets that turn into sleeping bags for the homeless or paper books that function as water filters (to be used by people living in areas where getting clean water is an issue.) These kinds of projects solved some very real problems in the world today.

Our creativity is drawn solely from our own imagination. It is built upon an original idea and blossoms further from there. Yet what if that beautiful idea is killed by the desire to search for the ideal object? What if consumerism is what distracts us from our true creativity?

On another day at another time, come back to your ideas and sift through them. If you have a really great idea, approach it by asking the question: "How could I make that work?" And don't let yourself stop until you answer that question in the affirmative. Think of possibilities, not limitations. The people who achieve radical results, move beyond limitations to the outside of the box. If radical results were found inside the box, you would have already achieved them.

Tim used a "finger blaster" toy, and showed several companies meeting rooms designed to demonstrate how IDEO and other companies use playful items and areas to encourage and facilitate creative thinking. We need to be in a safe and trusted environment to be open in exploring ideas to be creative.

I love to express my creativity through innovative thinking. Through the lens of creativity, I often envision more efficient solutions than would otherwise be derived following a canned approach. I enjoy solving a wide array of problems, from specialized applications like designing a Rube Goldberg machine to more complex issues such as curbing air pollution.

On the reading, Breakthrough Thinking from Inside the Box states that customers who have never tried the actual product yet cannot provide an absolute solution to a product idea generation stage. They can hardly react what they need or want a particular product that they have never seen or imagined.

There are a number of research positions on managing change and one of the more widely accepted in the field is William

I believe that few people have a strong inner feeling that pushes them to think out of the box to identify as issue and find the solution. Personally, I always try to find the most creative solution and do not give up until I get it. Sometime this energy is contagious on to next. I always search for the missing links and fine-tune my thoughts until I reach a point that works. This creativity has steadily driven my ambitions through the organization.

CoolBurst is a conservative company which undermines creativity in an effort to maximize production and control. The company values its traditional culture, has a “if it’s not broken, don’t fix it” philosophy, and does not view innovation as a normal part of business. By not capitalizing on the ingenious creations by Sam Jenkins and Carol Velez, CoolBurst missed the mark of the changing needs of its current and potential customers, and lost some of its market share to competitors. Its’ structure, culture, policies and practices, reward

Designing a product is incredibly troublesome. There are many variables to account for and while many can be controlled, some events are completely out of our hands. Despite those troubles, I find thrill in creating something that solves a problem as efficiently and completely as possible. My interest in creating, however, wasn’t very apparent until the team projects that I participated in. When my interest in inventing was matched with team experience, I developed future goals that aligned with the Electrical Engineering department.