There is a need to do something.
Crisis thinking requires a clear assessment
of what is going on - and the ability to
change that assessment as things progress.
There is a need for decision-making and a
clear line of command. Priorities are very
important because it often becomes a matter
of giving up something in order to save
something else. All the time there is a
need to create options. There is also a need
to project and to imagine what might happen
next. Problem solving is involved but it usually
not easy to remove the cause of the problem.
Designing a way forward may be more important.
The main thing about crisis thinking is the time pressure.
Published by Penguin Viking, 1995.