People Follow Leaders Not Facts
Posted on20 Jan 2011
TagsThe Economist, Rise of the Image Men, relationships, public relations, mass psychology, intuition, Influence, facts, Edward Bernays, convenience food, authority
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Intuitive approaches rely upon relationships. They work because relationships are more powerful than any other force when it comes to influencing, including... Read More
Problem-solving Technique: Attack Definitions
Posted on02 Dec 2010
Tagsobjectivity, castle, confusion, definitions, focus, intuition, perception, problem solving, vagueness, visualize, Castle Wall - Definition Analogy, analogy collection
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Writing down the problem was a problem-solving technique I discussed in a previous post. Attacking definitions is another that complements this one.... Read More
Beauty as Power
Posted on08 Nov 2010
TagsA Beautiful Mind, action, approaches, Battle of Little Big Horn, beauty, Beauty as Power Series, blue heron, car, feminine, force, General George Custer, Influence, intangibles, intuition, magnet, patience, power, problem solving, superficial, trap
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Looking at beauty as power is important in understanding and appreciating intuitive approaches because it dramatically expands the influences and solutions we... Read More
A Blue Heron Instructs on Patience
Posted on25 Oct 2010
Tagswife, temptation, Cuyahoga River, action, approaches, blue heron, business, organizational culture, discipline, ego, fish, intuition, location, patience, positioning, prejudice, problem solving, real estate, reorganization, river
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We live in an activist business culture, meaning we are biased toward action to solve problems. For instance, reorganizations often occur simply... Read More
The Ability to Praise is a Function of Personality
Posted on18 Oct 2010
Tagsleadership, intuition, intrinsic, extrovert, extrinsic, emotions, compliments, compensation, approaches, management, teach, sensitivity, rewards, praise, Personality, networking, motivation, mentoring, McKinsey & Company
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One of the major characteristics of intuitive approaches for leadership is the dominance of intrinsic rewards over extrinsic ones. The demarcation between... Read More
The Irrationality of Procrastination
Posted on14 Oct 2010
Tagsaction, Chrisoula Andreou, decisions, emotions, intuition, irrational, logic, Mark D. White, objective, Personality, Piers Steel, procrastination, rationale, reality, scientific, The New Yorker, The Thief of Time, University of Calgary
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I came across a book review in the October 11, 2010 issue of The New Yorker about The Thief of Time, edited... Read More
Best Service or Best Price: Which Reigns Supreme?
Posted on04 Oct 2010
TagsAre You Being Served, article, assumptions, branding, business, buying habits, competition, customer service, customers, emotions, intuition, James Surowiecki, luxury, market, premium, price, product, quality, status, subjective, survey, The New Yorker
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In the article, “Are You Being Served?”, in the September 6, 2010 issue of The New Yorker, the author James Surowiecki cites... Read More
What Consumer Psychology Teaches Us About Problem Solving
Posted on27 Sep 2010
TagsMichael I. Norton, objective, peer pressure, people, price, problem solving, psychology, rationale, rewards, teach, low-cost, change, anticipatory, beverages, brain, business, buying habits, cognition, competitive, consumer, cost-benefit, Dan Ariely, decisions, drugs, emotions, expectations, goal setting, Harvard Business Review, How Concepts Affect Consumption, intuition, keeping up with the Joneses
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We often anticipate and rationalize people’s decisions using a cost-benefit analysis. This perspective frequently leads to erroneous conclusions and restricts problem-solving capabilities.... Read More
Arbitrariness: The Cornerstone of Conditions
Posted on23 Sep 2010
Tagsabsolute, arbitrariness, assumptions, build, conditionality, decisions, democracy, emotions, evalute, first, house, Influence, intuition, knowledge, numbers, Personality, perspective, problem solving, question, second, subjective, third
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Arbitrariness & First, Second, Third Arbitrariness is vital to intuitive problem solving because it’s related to subjectivity which is related to personality... Read More
The Words “Feel” and “Think” as Tools
Intuitive approaches require the identification of emotional drivers in influencing and problem solving. They generally work better than cognitive approaches because emotional... Read More
