Thinking outside the box

February 18th, 2009 at 10:36am Wally Haas

That phrase is like nails on a chalkboard for me. Most of the folks I’ve run across who say they “think outside the box” must have started with a very, very small box.

If an idea has merit, perhaps tackles a problem from a different approach, that speaks for itself. Innovation is good and does not need to be dressed up with cliches.

So it was refreshing yesterday when a group involved with Rockford’s Year of Innovation came to update the Editorial Board. They explained what they were doing, what the goals were and why their projects were important. Not one of the six visitors ever said they were “thinking outside the box.”

We heard good presentations on ideas that help education, the economy and jobs. We’ll be writing more about what we heard in the next couple of days.

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