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New human capabilities in emergency and crisis management: from non-technical skills to creativity
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-20, 07:52 authored by Benjamin BrooksBenjamin Brooks, Steven CurninSteven Curnin, Christine Owen, Boldeman, JUnprecedented future disaster events will require emergency managers to be creative in their thinking. The backbone of creativity is divergent thinking; cognitive thoughts that do not converge on one correct answer but diverge to a range of possible options. Preliminary research with emergency services organisations, not-for-profit organisations and the critical infrastructure sector identified an increase in creative output when personnel are given a set of constraints, both resources and context, in which to ‘think divergently’. Consequently, future challenges for decision-makers in emergency and crisis management is identifying when creativity is required and how to use constraints to enhance creativity when organisational cultures demand compliance. This paper provides an overview of creativity in the context of decision-making and what this means for future leaders in the sector.
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Publication title
The Australian Journal of Emergency ManagementVolume
34Issue
4Pagination
23-30ISSN
1324-1540Department/School
Australian Maritime CollegePublisher
Emergency Management AustraliaPlace of publication
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