Taña Dalglish Sep 23, 2020:

@ valer83 I am not sure I agree with you with the use of "ingenuidad" which in turn in English translates to:
naivety
ingenuidad, inocencia, candor, sencillez
simplicity
sencillez, simpleza, ingenuidad, llaneza, naturalidad, candidez
simpleness
sencillez, simpleza, ingenuidad, naturalidad

I personally think you lose the nuance, but I leave it to the native Spanish speakers to chime in further (although there are proposals). Wait and see for further input! Regards and stay safe.

Valentina Roldós (asker) Sep 23, 2020:

Gracias por las ideas! Me hicieron pensar en lo siguiente: Ahora lo estoy viendo no como que fingieron ser tontos para sacar provecho, sino que se lanzaron al proyecto con ingenuidad, sin ideas preconcebidas, para estar lo más abiertos posible a la experiencia. De ahí el resto, lo de ser como una esponja y escuchar, para poder analizar. O sea, ser abiertos, objetivos, sin prejuicios. Por eso me gustaría usar algo como: Asumimos como reto mantener nuestra ingenuidad como profesionales...". Creo que "ingenuidad" es más apropiada que otras palabras.

Taña Dalglish Sep 23, 2020:

Another one that says much the same thing: https://dailythoughts.arvindkatoch.com/2015/01/daily-quote-s...
"Sometimes you have to play the role of a fool to fool, the fool who thinks he is fooling you."
Meaning/Explanation - We can pretend to be foolish to come out of a situation or to fool a person who is trying to fool us. BTW, the first one I gave is very well-known in my country "Play fool to catch wise", and may be quite unfamiliar to many (?).

Taña Dalglish Sep 23, 2020:

@ valer83 The usual meanings certainly do not seem to match your context, but an idea is that the "person plays dumb to catch wise"/"plays fool to catch wise", perhaps? https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/play-fool-to-catch-w...
https://www.yourdictionary.com/dum-dum#:~:text=noun,Origin o...
An ignorant person, an idiot
You're such a dumdum.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dumb dumb