Or, you know, ask the same thing to a bunch of traditionally-educated children and you'll get the same answer: a black dot. Montessori kids have been rewarded

Or, you know, ask the same thing to a bunch of traditionally-educated children and you'll get the same answer: a black dot. Montessori kids have been rewarded over the years for giving out-of-the-box answers and that's probably what their mind jumps to first. Their ignorance isn't what gives them the creative answers - the years of being taught to look for something different is. If you want to start getting better answers out of your employees/coworkers/own mind figure out how to reward them for random ideas instead of pounding them down.