The Power of Intuition: How to Use Your Gut Feelings to Make Better Decisions at WorkAt times in our careers, we've all been aware of a "gut feeling" guiding our decisions. Too often, we dismiss these feelings as "hunches" and therefore untrustworthy. But renowned researcher Gary Klein reveals that, in fact, 90 percent of the critical decisions we make is based on our intuition. In his new book, THE POWER OF INTUITION, Klein shows that intuition, far from being an innate "sixth sense," is a learnable--and essential--skill. Based on interviews with senior executives who make important judgments swiftly, as well as firefighters, emergency medical staff, soldiers, and others who often face decisions with immediate life-and-death implications, Klein demonstrates that the expertise to recognize patterns and other cues that enable us--intuitively--to make the right decisions--is a natural extension of experience. Through a three-tiered process called the "Exceleration Program," Klein provides readers with the tools they need to build the intuitive skills that will help them make tough choices, spot potential problems, manage uncertainty, and size up situations quickly. Klein also shows how to communicate such decisions more effectively, coach others in the art of intuition, and recognize and defend against an overdependence on information technology. The first book to demystify the role of intuition in decision making, THE POWER OF INTUITION is essential reading for those who wish to develop their intuition skills, wherever they are in the organizational hierarchy. |
Contents
Overcoming the Problems with Metrics 239 | 19 |
FIGURES | 23 |
Your Learning Curve | 36 |
1 The Three Basic Elements of Intuition | 38 |
DECISION MAKING EXERCISES | 45 |
Using Analysis to Support Our Intuitions | 64 |
1 FoveaPeriphery Contrast | 65 |
3 The Zone of Indifference | 78 |
How to Improvise and Adapt Plans | 173 |
Decision Making Exercise 11 1 The ElectroMission | 174 |
1 The Japanese Robots | 182 |
A Case Study | 189 |
WAYS TO SAFEGUARD | 205 |
1 Covering Fire | 208 |
EXAMPLES | 211 |
3 Wielding STICC | 214 |
WAYS TO APPLY | 89 |
Decision Making Exercise 7 1 Meeting on the Fly | 96 |
1 The ProblemDetection Process | 102 |
2 Selling the Company | 108 |
2 The Alarmist | 110 |
Special Engineering Review | 114 |
Decision Making Exercise 8 1 The Cellmet | 119 |
Decision Making Exercise 9 1 Good News | 135 |
1 The Invisible Adversary | 139 |
Getting CreativeHow to Go Beyond Brainstorming | 151 |
1 Creating a Microclimate | 159 |
2 The Birth of the 401k | 166 |
Coaching Others to Develop Strong Intuitions | 220 |
1 Keeping Your CoPilot in the Dark | 222 |
1 A Model of Master Coaching | 230 |
1 Banking on Metrics | 240 |
5 Schwarzkopf Presses the Attack | 250 |
1 The Morandini Curve | 257 |
1 The Displays That Were Too Smooth | 264 |
4 Computer Modeling or Computer Meddling? | 280 |
1 The Last Person Who Needed to Improve | 289 |
3 Lean Years or Fat Years? | 309 |
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The Power of Intuition: How to Use Your Gut Feelings to Make Better ... Gary Klein Limited preview - 2004 |
The Power of Intuition: How to Use Your Gut Feelings to Make Better ... Gary Klein No preview available - 2004 |
The Power of Intuition: How to Use Your Gut Feelings to Make Better ... Gary Klein No preview available - 2004 |
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References to this book
Informal Learning: Rediscovering the Natural Pathways That Inspire ... Jay Cross No preview available - 2011 |