Thinking outside the box

"Outside the box" redirects here. For other uses, see Outside the Box (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Out-of-the-box functionality.

Thinking outside the box (also thinking out of the box[1][2] or thinking beyond the box and, especially in Australia, thinking outside the square[3]) is an idiom that means to think differently, unconventionally, or from a new perspective. The phrase also often refers to novel or creative thinking.

  1. ^ "box - definition of box in English - Oxford Dictionaries". Archived from the original on November 21, 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  2. ^ "think outside the box - Definition, meaning & more - Collins Dictionary". Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Thinking Outside The Square". Retrieved 21 November 2016.