Those who know how

The reason that those who know how work for those that know why is because those that know why can see the bigger picture. The people that know why can see all the pieces of something that must be done. Great leadership doesn’t require a technical knowledge of what is being done, it requires a person to think about what is going on and how it is going to benefit the whole. I think that it relates a great deal to critical thinking, management must think critically about what is going on so that they can solve the problem whatever that might be. Thinking critically brings new ideas to fix the problem at hand and those that know why are the ones that are thinking critically. They do not zoom into one aspect of a situation. Here are some reason’s why: critical thinkers look at ends and objectives, sources and quality of information, what is behind the concepts that are in use and what the outcome of those concepts are. This is why critical thinking is now required in college degrees. People need to think critically about situations they are in so that they can resolve these situations in the best possible way. In the incident command system the incident commander must think critically as emergency operations are being conducted. He has to keep in mind what is going on in the big picture. There are numerous responsibilities of the IC and he must think about situations as they come up but he must also think of stuff that could happen. If he sends people into an incident he has to weigh the risk that is involved and do his best to think of all possible outcomes. That is why so many people work under him, he can see the big picture of what is being done. He knows why they are performing tasks and the people under him know how to perform those tasks.