But you are right, no one who can actually 'think' is going to stay an employee for long, unless you are willing to pay him for all that extra mental work.
Have you considered writing down everything you do into a Standard Operating Procedure, as a manual (or manuals) or even checklists? Then you can just train people to follow the manual rather than have to 'think'.
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