Learners don’t have to stay within the ‘box’ of formal learning. … And when learners are able to think outside the box, they become better thinkers; they’ll be better able to learn new things, come up with new strategies and create plans to implement all their new-found knowledge.

Why thinking inside the box is important?

‘Inside the box thinking’ means to innovate within the constraints defined by the box. It is more generally described as constraint-based innovation. The idea behind it is understanding your constraints and utilizing those constraints to innovate beyond the box.

What is the practice of thinking outside the box?

Thinking outside the box is supposed to mean confronting problems in atypical ways, thinking creatively and freely, and encouraging frequent challenges to the status quo. Outside-the-box thinking, in the creative words of Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino, is “constructive nonconformity” behavior.