His kind of out-of-the-box thinking is apparent in some of Warner Bros.

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You may also have to do some out-of-the-box thinking, examining your current business structure to see if there are any areas with unnecessary costs.

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The out-of-the-box thinking has worked splendidly for Switzerland and for Europe.

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For some entrepreneurs, the disaster underscored the importance of out-of-the-box thinking.

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Over the years, there have been a number of successful, groundbreaking predecessors, and Sears, the leading store of its day, was one of the most out-of-the-box thinking retailers.

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Nearly every element of large, hierarchical corporations discourages innovation, from mid-level executives unwilling to upset the corporate groupthink with new ideas, to senior executives afraid to embrace out-of-the-box thinking.

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What we need today is out-of-the-box thinking.

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His out-of-the-(pizza)-box thinking caused the conversation to drift from tax to politics, and things seemed to quiet down a bit.

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The cry for a more "customer-centric" company was reiterated numerous times in the RetailWire discussion ... along with the need for out-of-box thinking.

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