I think what the article describes is something like a cousin of the X-Y problem and Five Times Why. The example given comes off like encouraging layering duct

I think what the article describes is something like a cousin of the X-Y problem and Five Times Why. The example given comes off like encouraging layering duct tape "because the business needs this thing for yesterday", but I think what the author is saying is: "hire engineers who aren't prone to thinking in a myopic way, but instead seek out the 'why' before they think of the 'how'".