If you are trying to understand or figure out something new, your best bet is to turn off your precision-focused thinking and turn on your “big picture” diffuse mode, long enough to be able to latch on to a new, more fruitful approach.
This explains why an interview is a poor setting for actual job performance. Interviewees are in a focused mode during the interview and that only allows them to perform well on tasks they have already done. On the other hand, they perform poorly for tasks that require creativity.
