Bright people have the capability of freaking out faster and more dramatically than anyone else.
Did you ever stare at a Roman numeral I at the top of your page for a torturous period of time and decide that planning and organizing ahead of time were for people very different from you?
Function often follows form. Give yourself a context for capturing thoughts, and thoughts will occur that you don't yet know you have.
It's OK to decide not to decide--as long as you have a decide-not-to-decide system.
Trying to manage from the top down, when the bottom is out of control, may be the least effective approach.
Your best thoughts about work won't happen while you're at work.