There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all.
If you can't solve a problem, it's because you're playing by the rules
This is one of my favorites. People think of creativity as this sort of unbridled thing, but engineers thrive on constraints. They love to think their way out of that little box: 'We know you said it was impossible, but we're going to do this, this, and that to get us there.'
What I often do is just think of a completely obtuse thing to do, almost the wrong thing to do. That often works because you start a different approach, something no one has tried.
I mean, Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, I think the young kids sell lot of records. But for an older kind of artist, more of a sort of heritage, vintage type of artist, you have to think outside the box.
I think that, to some degree, being irreverent is the only reason I continue to be successful.
This is the 21st century, we are a highly evolved race, our capabilities are so great compared to what we are doing. We have been lulled into addiction and everything is built around it and you have to break out of it and think outside of the box.
Nintendo's way is to challenge conventional thinking. Not just for the sake of doing things differently, but to do things better.
Sometimes you just can't be afraid to wear a different hat. If Columbus had complied, this whole world might still be flat.
I learn from Larry Ellison every day. I've said this before: how is it to work with someone who thinks out of the box? Larry doesn't see the walls at all; he does not see the box. He is an absolute, true visionary. And to be honest, I always find myself in a box! I'm comfy in my box. I've furnished it; it's lovely.
Be the first to not do what nobody has ever thought of not doing before.
Your mission statement says Galer Street is based on global "connectitude." (You people don't just think outside the box, you think outside the dictionary!)
Often we use the word problem only because we have not learned that imagination and creativity can handle the situation.
As competition intensifies, the need for creative thinking increases. It is no longer enough to do the same thing better . . . no longer enough to be efficient and solve problems.
You have to stand outside the box to see how the box can be re-designed.
Imagine a famine. Now imagine a piece of bread. Both of these things are real but you happen to be in the same room with only one of them. Put yourself into a different room, that’s what the mind is for.
You have to think outside the box. The world is changing every day, the music industry is so different but I think the more creative you are the better.
I actually work better within restrictions. When you leave everything wide open, things tend to get a little convoluted. So when you give me those restrictions and I start to use my brain creatively to work around those, that's when things get interesting.
If you want people to think out of the box, you shouldn't create the box in the first place.
It's so important to adapt, think outside the box, and stay ahead if you want to grow.
You can lead a bureaucrat to water, but you can't make him think.
When you got competition, it makes people think outside the box.
My own way of thinking is very conservative, very linear and not particularly imaginative, but if I look for things in different places, sometimes things happen.
Trend-wise, I hope to keep bringing completely new collections to the industry that will make people think and defy the norm.
When I was research head of General Motors and wanted a problem solved, I'd place a table outside the meeting room with a sign: "Leave slide rules here." If I didn't do that, I'd find someone reaching for his slide rule. Then he'd be on his feet saying, "Boss, you can't do it."
