How Does Outsider Advantage Work?

Outsider Advantage is when someone from outside a group can see things more clearly than those who are inside it.

Imagine you're playing hide-and-seek in your house. You've been hiding in the same closet every time, and you know all the tricks to stay hidden. But then a new kid comes along who’s never played hide-and-seek in your house before. They don’t know where you usually hide, they might even be hiding somewhere you wouldn't think of! Because they’re not used to the game or the space, they can find ways to win that someone who's been playing all along might miss.

This is Outsider Advantage: being able to solve a problem better because you're not stuck in the same way as the people who are already used to it. Like how a new teacher might see things in your class that the old teacher didn’t, just because they look at everything with fresh eyes.