Good strategy demands creativity but this can be a vague subject. To make strategic creativity more concrete for education, two methods are followed. The first is to present an overview of relevant aspects from strategic theory; the second is to conduct an interdisciplinary survey of various strategy-development models across a range of professions. The combination of the higher-level theory and the more ground-level models can clarify strategic creativity in practice, and thereby provide practical education for action officers assuming new strategy positions. The theory section can provide greater understanding; and the use of wide-ranging models, drawn across several disciplines, can help officers visualize real-world stages of strategy procedure and related considerations in strategic creativity. The theory and models, together, can make the creative aspect of practical strategizing more accessible and teachable. Altering our strategic culture along these lines, over time, may also provide an important shift to match larger national security challenges, including decreasing levels of funding in an era of globalizing complexity.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
