As a technical manager, this actually isn't that far from what happens with teams of engineers. The less precise I am in describing the requirements of a system, the less correct solution is produced. This isn't to say that my team is incompetent or mindless -- far from it, I find them to be some of the most talented engineers I've had the pleasure of working with.

Perhaps the solution to this particular problem is a clear specification of the requirements of the problem -- very similar to how corps define requirements documents for what their product does/behaves like?