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## [Creativity for the engineer: Inside vs. Outside the box](https://blog.postendekker.nl/en/creativity-for-the-engineer-inside-vs-outside-the-box)

Brainstorm sessions mostly focus on making you think ‘outside the box’. But if you truly want to innovate you’d better enter these sessions differently.

Within the world of engineering, thinking creatively is a must and a continuous process. In this article I will explain how you can continue to implement creativity for innovation in, for example, product, production process or order intake.

[![Mathijs van Staalduinen](https://blog.postendekker.nl/hubfs/images/blog/auteurs/mathijs-van-staalduinen.jpg) By Mathijs van Staalduinen](https://blog.postendekker.nl/en/author/mathijs-van-staalduinen) on February 27, 2017 in [Manufacturing industry](https://blog.postendekker.nl/en/topic/manufacturing-industry)

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##### [Creativity for the engineer: Inside vs. Outside the box](https://blog.postendekker.nl/en/creativity-for-the-engineer-inside-vs-outside-the-box)

[![Mathijs van Staalduinen](https://blog.postendekker.nl/hubfs/images/blog/auteurs/mathijs-van-staalduinen.jpg) By Mathijs van Staalduinen](https://blog.postendekker.nl/en/author/mathijs-van-staalduinen) on February 27, 2017

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##### [The Future of the Dutch Manufacturing Industry](https://blog.postendekker.nl/en/the-future-of-the-dutch-manufacturing-industry)

[![Eric-Jan Dekker](https://blog.postendekker.nl/hubfs/Eric-Jan%20Dekker%202.jpg) By Eric-Jan Dekker](https://blog.postendekker.nl/en/author/eric-jan-dekker) on April 21, 2016

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##### [How to develop your product faster](https://blog.postendekker.nl/en/how-to-develop-your-product-faster)

[![Bas Rottier](https://blog.postendekker.nl/hubfs/images/blog/auteurs/bas-rottier2.jpg) By Bas Rottier](https://blog.postendekker.nl/en/author/bas-rottier) on April 5, 2016

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