People who do the same thing over a long period of time and then don’t notice that something is going completely wrong are called operationally blind. It is similar when we simply accept circumstances or do not think about them.
We don’t. We like to ignore with a smile what most take for granted. We question almost everything, which most probably dismiss as “that’s just the way it is, nothing can be changed” and then live with a problem. This is not acceptable for us.
An example from days gone by illustrates this appropriately. There, we developed a better intake manifold for an engine type. For design reasons, the most obvious thing to do was to install the throttle body upside down. Alternatively, we would have had to design a new one and adjust the ECU software. However, our proposal met with resistance from the clients. When we nevertheless prevailed, the astonishment was great. It worked perfectly.
So part of our job is to persuade. Seeing problems in order to find the solution with one’s imagination is what we develop every day.