Legal Thinking Inside and Outside the Box

This paper commends Lindahl for his expansive and fluid conception of the defining and therefore delimiting terms of legal jurisdiction, as encompassing not only spatial, but al-so temporal, material and subjective criteria. It proceeds to challenge Lindahl to develop his philosophical insight in such a way thst allows for the intensified porosity of the con-temporary postnational or ‘globalising’ legal condition of late modernity to be adequate-ly distinguished from the State-centred Westphalian condition of high modernity

Social Sector Business Ventures: The Critical Factors That Maximize Success

This paper seeks to help social sector leaders understand the factors that they should consider when launching revenue-generating business ventures. Given that much of the research on social sector business ventures is based on the personal experiences of individual practitioners, there is a wide array of advice for organizational leaders who are thinking about launching business ventures. Consequently, we approach the subject of social sector business ventures in a systematic and analytic way in order to determine what organizational leaders really need to know about launching successful ventures. We introduce a framework called "business in a box" that separates the process of thinking about launching business ventures from the organizational characteristics and dynamics that influence these ventures. We assert that organizational leaders who wish to maximize the success of their business ventures must explore (1) what is "inside" the box (The Business and its Context) to understand the business fundamentals of launching a venture and (2) what is "outside" the box (Assets and Internal Destructive Forces) to understand the forces and dynamics within the organizational context that impact these ventures.This publication is Hauser Center Working Paper No. 43. The Hauser Center Working Paper Series was launched during the summer of 2000. The Series enables the Hauser Center to share with a broad audience important works-in-progress written by Hauser Center scholars and researchers

Thinking and acting creatively for greater sustainability in academic conference tourism

Creative thinking is crucial to address the sustainability challenge of academic conferences. Adopting a creativity lens, we explored the low-carbon initiatives and actions associated with an organizational studies conference in Italy. We relied on an action research approach that involved implementing one of the initiatives included in the study, interviews with key informants, and secondary data. Considering the features and the creative thinking underlying the initiatives and actions, we identified six major themes: three relying on inside-the-box thinking and three on outside-the-box thinking. This study highlights the opportunity to integrate the debate about scientific conferences and sustainability with considerations about academic well-being and suggests that academic conferences can be used as arenas for experimenting with sustainability projects. The impact of the study relates to the introduction of new ideas in the context of an academic conference, the reduction of CO2 emissions by some conference attendees and the prototype of an alternative way to hold conferences

Gamma-ray Measurements with LaBr3: Ce Detectors -thinking Outside the Box

AbstractRecently developed cerium-doped lanthanum bromide (LaBr3: Ce) scintillation detectors have shown to possess promising properties with respect to the detection of γ-rays compared to previously known materials. In this work however, we demonstrate how these detectors may be used to obtain information not only about γ-rays, but also about neutrons, i.e. thinking”inside” and”outside” the box, respectively. For this purpose γ-rays were detected in coincidence with fission fragments and both their energy and their time-of-flight relative to the instant of a fission event is recorded. By evaluating the time-of-flight distributions of γ-rays, identified as decays of excited states after population by inelastically scattered neutrons inside the scintillation crystal as well as other surrounding materials, we show that it is possible to acquire knowledge from and about the spectrum of incident neutrons. We give three examples for conceivable applications, used to determine geometrical profiles, cross sections and neutron spectra, respectively

ENHANCING DESIGN INNOVATION: EMBRACING THE 'OUT OF THE BOX' RESEARCH APPROACH IN PRODUCT DESIGN

The concept of "out of the box" research in the context of product design refers to a research approach that spans across different fields and sectors unrelated to the specific area of interest. Instead of limiting oneself to conventions and traditional approaches, the designer seeks to incorporate concepts and ideas from different disciplines or fields into their project. Metaphorically, the designer conducts research 'outside the box,' identifying design solutions to unrelated technical problems and 'bringing them inside the box,' adapting them to their own project. The benefits are evident: by exploring and importing ideas from diverse sectors, the possibility of developing innovative solutions that may not have been considered within the specific field of work opens up. It also stimulates the creativity and lateral thinking ability of designers. By encouraging open-mindedness and the exploration of new territories, a space for innovation and the generation of original ideas is created. This can lead to a more dynamic and stimulating design environment. This article presents how this approach was applied in a first-year design studio of a product design bachelor's degree and showcases a selection of the results

Seeing with New Eyes: Developing Visual Literacy in the Sciences

With the widespread availability of digital photography, we have failed to really capture this readily accessible tool and integrate it into student learning in the sciences, or use it as a means to encourage connections as students move from novice towards more expert thinking within their discipline. In the use of digital photography by students in a disciplinary context, expertise can increase as students must (1) first understand what they are seeing, (2) make the connection to their class material, and (3) be able to justify their choice and clarify their assumptions. In particular, the connection-making process together with justification through clarifying assumptions, are facets of expert-thinking that commonly differ from the thinking of novices. Students photographing subject material creates a novel way to facilitate such meaning-making and communication, and serves as a way to move the thinking outside the classroom box. This session will explore a number of possible ways to integrate photography and other visual imagery such as videos, diagrams, sketches, and maps, into student learning. We will look at how we might use photography and other imagery to encourage writing and discussion, provide an out-of-classroom learning opportunity for our students, encourage students to generate questions, and even use photography to evaluate student learning. This interactive session invites participants to explore ways to actively engage students in learning both inside and outside the classroom while developing students’ visual literacy, and enhancing communication skills using visuals. You are encouraged to bring a camera or a camera phone

Embodied Metaphors and Creative “Acts”

Creativity is a highly sought after skill. To inspire people’s creativity, prescriptive advice in the form of metaphors abound: We are encouraged to think outside the box, to consider the problem on one hand, then on the other hand, and to put two and two together to achieve creative breakthroughs. These metaphors suggest a connection between concrete bodily experiences and creative cognition. Inspired by recent advances on body-mind linkages under the emerging vernacular of embodied cognition, we explored for the first time whether enacting metaphors for creativity enhances creative problem-solving. In five studies, findings revealed that both physically and psychologically embodying creative metaphors promote fluency, flexibility, and/or originality in problem-solving. Going beyond prior research that focused primarily on the kind of embodiment that primes preexisting knowledge, we provide the first evidence that embodiment can also activate cognitive processes conducive for generating previously unknown ideas and connections