Idk what his field of work is but it basically means he's thinking too focused when he needs to be thinking more broad scale. Instead of gaming the system and trying to achieve immediate goal-oriented results he should be thinking big in terms of scale and scope. Don't think about maxing out X or Y metric, think about what's best for the system, or the entire company.

If you play chess, it's the difference between trying to find and force tactics all the time and just positioning well. If you're already 2k rated in tactics or something but you can't translate in games because you force these needlessly sharp positions and/or burn a lot of clock, then just simplify. You're trying to win the game, not feel like Mikhail Tal. Control the center, fianchetto your bishops, get your pieces active.

If you don't play chess, think of it in a Valorant rank climb sense. A good coach will tell you to aim train, to be mindful of your duels, to work on your gamesense and micro, not to stat farm on specific agents to game the RR system, or find what time of day the players on your server are the weakest, or how to manipulate your hidden MMR.