Thinking out of the box

1. Thinking
Out of the Box

2. Tasks can be done in two ways..
Conventional
and
Unconventional

3. Where conventional way produces this result…

4. the unconventional may produces this.

5. Thinking out of the box is…
thinking beyond what is
and
creating new ideas using what is

6. Why do we
need to
think
Out of the Box?

7. To Innovate!

8. We are nodes in the network sharing information in real time,
in the end we all possess same information.

9. What is difference among us?

10. It is what we generate out of the existing
information and leads to…
Variations
and allows Human society to grow.

11. Which box
are we
talking about?

12. Brain?

13. NO!
How can we do that?!

14. Boundary within our mind which separates..
What we know What we haven’t
thought about yet

15. What creates this box?

16. Genetic system - our heritage

17. Boundary conditions-
Our environment

18. Indirect experiences
Learning in school and colleges
Knowledge of how other people have thought, discovered
and created

19. Direct experiences
Learning from success and failures

20. Inside Outside
SAFE
Unknown, Unseen
Risky!

21. Necessity for human dignity but
difficult to do

22. How to
go
out of the box?

23. Perception

24. Inside Outside
Convergent Information Divergent Information

25. Divergent information
Absurd, apparently not relevant,
Takes us far…

26. Where to go?

27. Leads to…
Temptation
of not to take risk and go back!
Which needs to be resisted.

28. Thought Processes:
•Brilliant Thinking
•Fast Thinking
•Deep thinking
•Long Thinking

29. Long thinking
Thoughts that takes you far from initial point..
It involves ..

30. Association of Ideas

31. Application of ideas, theories and
concepts in areas where they are
never used before

32. Open mind
Look for alternatives not correct answers

33. How to
assess
new ideas?

34. Evaluate the idea per se for some value

35. Look for the match in result and initial drive
and evaluate it for the alternative it is serving
and keep noticing the difference.

36. How to
encourage
Out of the Box
Thinking?

37. Environment
HUMANS
New Idea
Challenge!

38. If environment punishes mistakes
implies
No New Ideas!

39. Environment needs to allow
• The existence of divergent information to come in
• Mismatch between disciplines
• Use metaphors in organizations
• Mistakes

40. Recap

41. Credits
This presentation is based on the work and TED talk given by Giovanni Corazza.

42. Disclaimer
Created by Namrata Yadav, IIT Roorkee, during an internship by
Prof. Sameer Mathur, IIM Lucknow.
www.IIMinternship.com

43. Thank you!