relatedly, Jason Goldberg (left above), a professional life coach I worked with, said:

"creativity is greater than circumstances"

we both learned about this from author and coach Steve Chandler (picture to the right & above)

as I remember it, an organization was stuck with a longstanding problem

Steve was hired and invited many of the employees to gather in a room together to try to come up with as many seemingly silly, "nonsense" ideas

they had to try to come up with ideas with no pressure that their ideas work at first glance

after a little while the ball was rolling and the dozens of people in the conference room started to laugh and guffaw as absurd and funny ideas began to flow

they laughed out their frustrations and disappointments and really just laughed until they had a genuinely bright idea

the team, now much more truly a team, then quickly rushed off to change things in their warehouse

any organization, any company or group of people could do something like this even solo (such as talking to a rubber ducky, a light-hearted and reputable technique in professional software development to facilitate fresh critical thinking)

P.S. Mom invested much time into cutting the plastic that's come with coke cans to be safe for ducks and other wildlife

she's been a true Planeteer and "you can be one too!"