Noun: out-of-the-box thinking
- 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
"Brainstorming sessions encourage out-of-the-box thinking to generate innovative solutions";
- divergent thinking
Type of: cerebration, intellection, mentation [technical], thinking, thought, thought process
Part of: creative thinking, creativeness, creativity