If you think about the most important discoveries or the best management decisions, they usually came from taking a fresh look at what people take for granted or can not see because it is too obvious. It has probably happened to you as well. When WHAM!, the solution is so obvious that is almost embarrassing why it took you too long to figure it out. The phrase "too close to the problem to resolve it" comes to mind.
You probably have heard the story of the oversized truck that had become wedged under a low bridge. Engineers were brought in to see how they could remove the truck, but had no luck. A small boy in a car stuck in traffic gave advice to authorities by the "obvious" suggestion that they could lower the truck by letting some air out of the tires.
As a leader, a fresh look at the obvious (and being open to non-traditional ways of thinking) is one of the most valuable things that you can do. This is why it is important to periodically bring "new blood" into your organization because they could provide that fresh view into the invisible obvious.
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