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Back in the 1970s someone coined the phrase, “think outside the box.” It was a cliché that morphed into a mantra in business environments. In the 1980s and 90s, companies from coast-to-coast hired management consultants and executive coaches to make sure that everyone from the CEO to the custodian were given the tools to begin novel, creative and smart thinking. It was truly a different approach from the traditional thinking of the time, as we were handed the keys to the kingdom of “outside box thinking” during intensive three-day total quality management seminars. (more…)