Thinking outside the box
Metaphor for unconventional thinking / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"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.