Creative Thinking for Individuals and Teams. An Essay on Creative Thinking for Military Professionals

Abstract

Leadership at all levels is involved with tackling existing problems and anticipating threats and opportunities that may emerge for the organization and the attainment of its goals. Rarely are those problems identical; many important issues facing strategic leaders require novel approaches. Consequently, solutions to tough problems require creativity and innovation from members of an organization if it is to adapt and thrive in a competitive landscape. The greater challenge for leaders that extends beyond individual problem solving is the development of organizations that have the capacity to adapt to accelerated change and the unpredictability of the future. Such an activity (to improve the ability to shape and interact successfully with the external environment) has been touted as characteristic of a learning organization. In The Fifth Discipline, Peter Senge defines a learning organization as one that "is continually expanding its capacity to create its future."

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA511957

Entities

People

  • Charles D. Allen

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Cognition
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Group Dynamics
  • Instructors
  • Leadership
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • Personality
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Students
  • Thinking
  • Training
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Systems Analysis and Design