Profound thinking may involve asking "why are we doing this?", "what else could we do?" or "what if we don't do this at all?" More planning (at least to me) so

Profound thinking may involve asking "why are we doing this?", "what else could we do?" or "what if we don't do this at all?" More planning (at least to me) sounds like "let's break this down into a list of tasks that need doing". Basically profound thinking sounds like the creative exploration of the idea (and surrounding ideas) as opposed to a dogmatic execution of an idea.