Posted by Jon
I was tempted, when writing my recent post about the characteristics of a great Proposal Manager, to include the phrase “able to think outside the box”. And then I stopped myself, remembering the two perfect ripostes to that particular clichéd phrase:
I was tempted, when writing my recent post about the characteristics of a great Proposal Manager, to include the phrase “able to think outside the box”. And then I stopped myself, remembering the two perfect ripostes to that particular clichéd phrase:
“He’s great at thinking outside the box. The problem is that his box is so small to start with.”
and
“I’ll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there’s evidence of any thinking going on inside it.” (Terry Pratchett)
If anyone can pinpoint the author of that first quote, which I picked up somewhere on my travels a few years back, I’d love to be reminded.
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