Creative Thinking and Planning

Creative thinking is important in planning because it helps to:

  • Develop imaginative or innovative, but accurate and effective, ways to fulfill a requirement
  • Generate ideas at the start of the planning effort (brainstorming)
  • Open up planning team members to each other’s perspectives
  • Increase flexibility and ability to deal with the changing and unpredictable nature of many incidents
Jigsaw puzzle with three interconnecting pieces labeled “Planning”, “Critical Thinking”, and “Creative Thinking”