Out-of-the-left-field thinker

Posted by Franz Waldenberger on May 18, 2004

Please tell me what really means an
out-of-the-left-field thinker, where this phrase derives.
I read about in a papaer from Havard Business School, March 2004 about IBM:
...managers,... who challenge assumtions, who are unconventional, out-of-the-left-field thinkers.
Thank you!

• Out-of-the-left-field thinker dhm 18/May/04
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