Do you know where did the phrase "out of box thinking" originate from?
Can you please share some of your own experiences of "out of box thinking". I will appreciate practical examples from real life.

Do we have any similar phrases in other languages that describe exactly the same phenomena, I don't think so about Urdu and PunjabI, Thanks.

Question

Do you know where did the phrase "out of box thinking" originate from?
Can you please share some of your own experiences of "out of box thinking". I will appreciate practical examples from real life.

Do we have any similar phrases in other languages that describe exactly the same phenomena, I don't think so about Urdu and PunjabI, Thanks.

Answer

out-of-the-box thinking  means thinking that moves away in diverging directions so as to involve a variety of aspects and which sometimes lead to novel ideas and solutions; associated with creativity. 
Another phrase is "think outside the box/square"

Answer

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking_outside_the_box . It is related to a puzzle called the "nine dots puzzle".

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