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fasttense

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3. I use to work for a recruiting firm.

Reply to Celebration (Original post)

Sat Jan 21, 2012, 09:31 AM

Jan 2012

We would get new people all pumped up with the "think outside the box" philosophy.

They would come up with some great ideas but...the ideas were mostly already implemented and put into practice within our firm.

So many of the new people would come up with the exact same great ideas that we were already using.

So, I came up with my own slogan: You have know the box first, before you can think outside of it.

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To 'think outside the box', think outside the box [View all] Celebration Jan 2012 OP

K&R Solly Mack Jan 2012 #1

Makes a nice case for outdoor offices. Why Syzygy Jan 2012 #2

I use to work for a recruiting firm. fasttense Jan 2012 #3

in that case Celebration Jan 2012 #4

If a person was never inside the cubicle, how would they know they were outside of it? fasttense Jan 2012 #7

The problem with "Think outside the box." Jim__ Jan 2012 #5

I'm not sure that the ultimate meaning to get from the study Celebration Jan 2012 #6

Thanks for the explanation on how the phrase originated. fasttense Jan 2012 #8

How DO you solve that Disney puzzle? UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2012 #9

There is an example solution at the site. Jim__ Jan 2012 #10

Okay, I have it without looking. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2012 #11