I am discovering this is also helpful in improving my listening and conversational skills. Asking questions is a powerful skill. So when is it ok to brainstorm

I am discovering this is also helpful in improving my listening and conversational skills. Asking questions is a powerful skill. So when is it ok to brainstorm ideas first and not questions? Emergency situations may call for rapid execution of any idea. A drowning child doesn't evoke a need for us to ask why we think it should be us that saves the child or what does it really mean to drown anyway? Probably ok to just throw out an idea and spring to action. Most of the time; however, no one is drowning.