Einstellung

Not as complex as it looks....it's phonetically pronounced.

Einstellung, is a term used in psychology, to talk of the tendency that people have to set their mind into a fixed approach to problem solving. We are okay to repeat known methods, and become blind to alternatives that might be simpler and more efficient.

It's how we fall into a pattern based on experience. 

Experimental studies have evidenced that we do not consider solutions when we think we already have one, even though it may not be accurate or optimal. 

So we may stay stuck in a pattern or not resolve an issue, if we don't actually innovate. 

This apparently presents itself across the board, and has been demonstrated in varying areas of expertise and skill sets. I've read studies done in medicine and chess....and evidence says, whether we know it or not, we all experience it.

Issue is not lack of knowledge, it's being on auto pilot.

With this even self awareness might not help, it's yet coming from our own mind see. It's then about going out there and getting that alternate perspective....being able to reach out, listen, have that open mind.