The Success of Failure and the Failure of Success
Posted on16 Sep 2010
TagsAcademy of Management Journal, anticipatory, decisions, emotions, employees, experience, failure, fear, feelings, flexibility, gain, history, intuition, joy, learn, legitimate, lesson, logic, mistakes, objective, organization, pain, perspective, Peter M. Madsen, planning, profitability, rationale, success, The Economist, Vinit Desai
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How many times have we heard, “Nothing breeds success like success?” In a study of the orbital launch vehicle industry by Peter... Read More
Definitions, Connotations and Personality Assessment
Posted on13 Sep 2010
Tagsapproaches, collaboration, connotations, context, definitions, dominance, feelings, humanistic, impression, intuition, logic, Personality, perspective, phraseology, planning, quality, quantity, spectrum, subjective, Thoughts, understanding, word choice
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Word choice and phrasing (phraseology) are simple ways we can assess personalities. As I’ve said in previous postings, everything we think, do... Read More
The Rise of Intuition
Posted on09 Sep 2010
Tagsadvancements, biotechnology, BNET Blog, cognition, communications, decisions, emotions, feelings, illusion, Influence, intuition, knowledge, leadership, management, nanotechnology, Psychology Today, rationale, sales, scientific, sensors, uncertainty, unknown, wants
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The other day a colleague forwarded this link to the BNET blog speaking to intuition. Embedded in it was a link to... Read More
Difference Between Instinct and Intuition in Decisions
Often, I’m asked about the difference between instinct and intuition. Part of what makes the question hard is gender bias. Men prefer... Read More
Chance Encounters And The Repackaging Of Synchronicity
Posted on05 Aug 2010
TagsJohn Hagel, quantum mechanics, The Power of Pull, The Economist, technology, synchronicity, networking, Lang Davison, John Seely Brown, intuition, emotions, connections, coincidence, Carl Jung
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The July 24, 2010 Schumpeter column of The Economist discussed the book, The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can... Read More
How Intuition Influences Thought Processes All The Time
Posted on26 Jul 2010
Tagscognition, emotions, feelings, Influence, intuition, restaurant, subconscious, thinking process, Thoughts, compass intution analogy
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Intuition influences thought processes all the time. Many times people just don’t know it. As behavioral economics and other social-related sciences are... Read More
Business is Personal and Why There’s No Way Around It
Posted on19 Jul 2010
Tagsapproaches, assumptions, business, decisions, emotions, feelings, intuition, money, personal, Personality, rationale
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How many times have you heard, “This isn’t personal, it’s business”? A key assumption underlying an intuitive approach is that everything people... Read More
Shopping for Rationales to Justify Wants and Desires
Posted on14 Jul 2010
Tagsapproaches, cognition, decisions, desire, emotions, intuition, justification, knowledge, Personality, problem solving, rationale, subconscious, want
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Virtually all of our decisions are emotionally based. Therefore, as we saw in my previous posting, Decisions: Roles of Intuition and Cognition,... Read More
Source of Greatest Resistance to Technology in the Workplace
Posted on27 Jun 2010
Tagsattitude, customers, Dean Kamen, Influence, intuition, management, military, mindset, organization, perspective, process, relationships, sales, skills, strategy, technology, The Economist
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The source of greatest resistance to technology in the workplace is mindset. It shows up as applying technology in old ways. It’s... Read More
Tips For Using Names in Conversation And Communications
Posted on25 May 2010
Tagsbusiness, communication, conversation, Influence, intuition, message, motivation, names, Techniques
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People enjoy hearing their names. We just don’t realize how much they like it. Rather than devote extra time to crafting the... Read More
