"expand the thinking" is correct and usable in written English.
It is a phrase that means to broaden or deepen someone's thought process. It is often used in a motivational or educational context. Example: "In order to solve this problem, we need to expand our thinking and consider alternative solutions."
"I think [JUPITER] expands the thinking about risk factors," says cardiologist Benjamin Scirica of Brigham and Women's Hospital, who was not involved in the trial.
"A creative board member can offer new insights and considerations that may expand the board's thinking," they say.
The books I value most are those that expand the mind, broaden thinking, cast out assumptions, & help create a new awareness regarding issues of major concern.
More recently, at the Fed, she has strongly supported Bernanke's unorthodox (but very necessary) efforts to revive the economy and bring down the unemployment rate, and to expand the Fed's thinking beyond its traditional fixation with inflation.
Mechanists have also recently borrowed from Alon's (2006; Milo et al. 2002) work on network motifs, repeated patterns in causal networks, to expand the vocabulary for thinking about abstract patterns of organization (Levy 2014; Levy and Bechtel 2012).
Circles that meet or interact regularly, to which participants invite new members to grow the circle, refresh the thinking and expand the collective resources.
As we undertake a commitment to evaluation, it is possible that we will create a renewed passion for our vision and the energy to expand the way we are thinking about the work we do every day.
Certain types of open-ended questions require answers that encourage people to expand the limits of their thinking.
An expanded force, the thinking goes, would discourage violent clashes and help Mr. Karzai's government extend its authority throughout Afghanistan while reconstruction gets under way and until an Afghan army is established.
