{"id":1631,"date":"2013-11-04T15:39:54","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T20:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/?p=1631"},"modified":"2013-11-04T15:44:23","modified_gmt":"2013-11-04T20:44:23","slug":"thinking-in-new-boxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/?p=1631","title":{"rendered":"Thinking in New Boxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1632\" alt=\"Thinking-in-New-Boxes-by-Luc-de-Brabandere\" src=\"http:\/\/38enso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Thinking-in-New-Boxes-by-Luc-de-Brabandere.jpg\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/>One of the books I am currently reading is titled <strong><em>THINKING IN NEW BOXES &#8211; A New Paradigm for Business Creativity.<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>The book is written by Luc de Brabandere and Alan Ivy of the Boston Consulting Group. It is edited by Random House executive Will Murphy.<\/p>\n<p>Like all business books, it has it&#8217;s usual take-aways, graphs, tables, catchy phrases and lists. Also like many business books, the authors are consultants or &#8220;thought-leaders&#8221; who travel the world espousing their wisdom. This book is no different than the usual business tome &#8212; but I am enjoying it quite a bit.<\/p>\n<p>I read a lot of business books. I find most of them interesting and there is usually something to be learned. No doubt, many are repetitive phrases and all contain similar lessons. But then, there really isn&#8217;t anything new to management and getting your employees to be creative. The key is to establish an attitude that allows for creativity. To view it with fresh eyes and a &#8216;&#8221;beginner&#8217;s brain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-1652\" alt=\"SJ_paperback__1_\" src=\"http:\/\/38enso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/SJ_paperback__1_-150x150.jpeg\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/>I never read a business book from front-to-back. I always skip around. I may read the last chapter first or the index. I also like to write in the books. These are both reasons why I seldom buy business eBooks. I much prefer the paper form. It is ideal for writing notes and for flipping around. I have found that digital just doesn&#8217;t deliver the same experience. So, I may read a business biography (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Steve-Jobs-ebook\/dp\/B004W2UBYW\/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;sr=&amp;qid=\">STEVE JOBS by Isaacson<\/a>) in digital form but not management or policy books.<\/p>\n<p>For THINKING IN NEW BOXES, I found a wealth of information reading the first page of the\u00a0<em>Glossary<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Some notes on how this book has and will help me:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Theory of the Box\n<ul>\n<li>The Box is a Mental Model\n<ul>\n<li>Concepts<\/li>\n<li>Stereotypes<\/li>\n<li>Categories<\/li>\n<li>Ideas<\/li>\n<li>Frameworks<\/li>\n<li>Paradigms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Need to break out of the old &#8220;mental model.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>New Way to Think\n<ul>\n<li>Organize Facts<\/li>\n<li>Connect the Links<\/li>\n<li>Use the Information to Create Patterns<\/li>\n<li>Repeat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Power of the New Box\n<ul>\n<li>Baggage-free<\/li>\n<li>Risk-taking<\/li>\n<li>Fact-based<\/li>\n<li>Psychology involved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>PERCEPTION = REALITY<\/li>\n<li>26-31-34-42-44-46-64-67-82-06-11<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1633\" alt=\"IMG_3343\" src=\"http:\/\/38enso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_3343-600x448.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/38enso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_3343-600x448.jpg 600w, http:\/\/38enso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_3343-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t expect this outline to mean much by itself. But having read enough of the book, it does make sense. It helps me to review projects in a new manner and to explore beyond the obvious. I link this thinking to Edward de Bono&#8217;s classic work <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lateral-Thinking-Creativity-Perennial-ebook\/dp\/B003V1WTLI\/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;sr=&amp;qid=\">LATERAL THINKING<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Looking forward to reading more.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-1647\" alt=\"Unknown\" src=\"http:\/\/38enso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Unknown-150x150.jpeg\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the books I am currently reading is titled THINKING IN NEW BOXES &#8211; A New Paradigm for Business &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/38enso.com\/?p=1631\" class=\"more-link\">Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[19,48,83],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1631"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1631"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1656,"href":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1631\/revisions\/1656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}