Congratulations on a much-needed breath of fresh air on this often tiresome cliche of a topic. The “think outside the box” mantra started out well-meaning enough, but inevitably became over-focused on what doing it said about the individual than about the problem at hand. And you are right on the mark to say that we must reframe the box to the problem, even to the point of including – seeking out – new problems, not to mention expanding the intellectual terrain in which we can discover solutions to them.

Excellent – thanks!

That said, there are lots of way to make the exploration fun instead of having to force it. Maybe time to talk again?