He's also able to think laterally, and work around his problems.
So Coffin had to work on him a bit first to get him to think laterally.
In his ignorance, he had been thinking laterally, instead of vertically.
"We could think laterally," he said into the silence.
"Because we need to think laterally," he said.
Think laterally all the time and pro-actively seize the opportunities which other people will inevitably miss.
Creativity plays an important role in human resource management as artists and creative professionals can think laterally.
Do think laterally - your competitors may include other, less obvious businesses.
I think that it's very important to train our people to think laterally and globally.
But if investors want to profit from climate change, they have to think laterally, he says.