Need both. Some minds see patterns appear from spreadsheets like ‘The Accountant’ others see like Dan Browns character played by Tom Hanks. Others just data mine and logically drive through in a linear manner.
The key is to keep on truckin. MAGA!
Yes. Good points
It takes someone(s) to ask the right questions. Then everyone in their own method goes after the answers. Conversations about the possibilities evolve, ideas eliminated and finally conclusions are reached.
At the beginning of the campaign there was a video by Ivanka explaining how her father ran the board room. — Why he was so successful When I went back to find it , gone. Apparently part of the TV series. But an excellent example of how brainstorming should work.