Outside the box

“Outside-the-box-thinking starts—based on conversations with colleagues from multiple disciplines around the globe—with communication issues. The challenge is to find the same language, given the different educational backgrounds, e.g. social studies, the arts, or biochemical studies or health. We found that for adults, it is more difficult to overcome this challenge (similar to the challenge to learn a new language).

At the same time, we found that the younger individuals are seemingly more open to applying concepts to different areas, more curious, and, in a constructivist sense, less entrenched in established patterns. They do not submit to pre-made patterns as easily.”

(Gundula Bosch)