CHAPTER 6
Creative Thinking for Individuals and Teams
The United States’ national security and contemporary operating environments have been characterized by the U.S. Army War College Strategic Leadership Primer and other Department of Defense (DoD) documents as volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA).1 Operating effectively in this context requires leaders to manage the multiple demands of such an environment by enhancing their strategic thinking. In the first core course in the Army War College curriculum, “Strategic Thinking,” we study five important thinking domains: creative thinking, critical thinking, historical thinking, ethical reasoning, and systems thinking. An underlying assumption is that ...
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