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Consider the problem of widespread technical illiteracy. There's a tendency to so closely associate science and technology that technology is assumed to be taught in school as a part of teaching science. But science focuses on what has not yet been understood, such as things too small to see (chemistry and particle physics), things far away (astronomy), and systems too complex to easily understand (ecology and biological chemistry). Note that scientists don't study why FM radio stations sound better than AM stations, nor why a car can sometimes be push-started but not jump-started. That's because these technical concepts are already known - by some people. This reveals that teaching technology in school as a subject in it's own right, not just as a part of science classes, could help reduce technical illiteracy.
Now consider a problem you want to solve. What things are so closely associated with one another in your mind that failing to separate them is keeping a creative solution hidden?
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