Inside the Box

Sometimes, you have to find a way put your (best) ideas back Inside the Box. The phrase “Outside the Box” dates back to the mid 1970’s, and originally referred to the solution to a puzzle that required moving ones pen beyond the boundaries of a box. Over the past 30+ years, it has become a phrase used to separate the creative from the non-creative, innovative thinkers from those who are stuck in the same old ruts, hip businesses from the tragically stale. Continue...

Empathy

President Obama mentioned this as a necessary quality when he announced his first Supreme Court nominee. Regardless of your political affiliation, it’s an interesting word to have entered the public discourse. Continue...