Lessons in Leadership

I've decided to never tell anyone ever again, especially someone I supervise, to "Think outside the box." What does that mean, anyway? I'll tell you what it means! It means I don't have any concrete ideas that might actually help you solve the problem your working on, so instead I'm going to offer a fluffy, generalized, pompous suggestion that gives the appearance of leadership but probably only insults your intelligence. But you don't have to follow my lead on this. You can do whatever you want with your box.