what does out of the box thinking mean
Thinking outside the box Thinking outside the box (also thinking out of the box[2][3] or thinking beyond the box and, especially in Australia, thinking outside the square[4]) is a metaphor that means to think differently, unconventionally, or from a new perspective. This phrase often refers to novel or creative thinking. The term is thought to derive from management consultants in the 1970s and 1980s challenging their clients to solve the "nine dots" puzzle, whose solution requires some lateral thinking.[5] This phrase can also be found commonly in dance, as encouragement to move creatively, beyond simple, geometric box steps and their basic variations, to literally step outside the box into more complex patterns of expression.
Back to square one "Back to square one" is a phrase that means "to go back to the beginning, after a dead-end or failure".
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Editorial Typically, a newspaper's editorial board evaluates which issues are important for their readership to know the newspaper's opinion on.[4]