With some types of people, I&#x27;ve just stopped trying to get them to back up and describe the underlying pain point they are trying to relieve. Because as far as I can tell, some people just <i>can not do that</i>. Instead, I let them describe their implementation and listen&#x2F;ask&#x2F;listen&#x2F;ask&#x2F;listen to understand what they&#x27;re actually trying to fix.<p>And then once we have the <i>problem</i> figured out, we as a dev&#x2F;design team go back and work forward again to design a proposed solution. And then we present that. Often enough, they&#x27;re happy to accept it. The trick is that some egomaniacs just get fixated on their own proposed solution, and won&#x27;t let go. And then you just give them their Homermobile: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wired.com&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;2014&#x2F;06&#x2F;the-homer-inline4.jpg" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wired.com&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;2014&#x2F;06&#x2F;the-homer-in...</a>