Thanks to Russell Roberts of EconTalk for two references to strategic intuition:
* How Andrew Wiles solved Fermat's theorem by combining the
work of other mathematicians in a flash of insight.
* Paul
Romer describes successful economic growth through "exploratory synthesis,"
which is a key element of strategic intuition
Paul Dunay's excellent blog "Buzz Marketing for Technology" has a podcast interview with William Duggan. In this podcast, Professor Duggan offers advice to anybody who is trying to improve any process or trying to do anything creative. Listen to the podcast.
Strategy+Business magazine named Strategic Intuition "the best strategy book of the year." Read the article
Strategic Intuition was reviewed in the November 14th edition of the Wall Street Journal. The reviewer, William Easterly called it "a concise and entertaining treatise on human achievement." To read the entire review.
There's been several recent articles on Strategic Intuition in recent days, including features in the Financial Times, the Columbia Record, and the Wall Street Journal.
William Duggan was recently the guest on the excellent podcast series "The Invisible Hand" hosted by Chris Gondek.
Welcome to Strategic Intuition, an idea I discovered in my research, teach at Columbia Business School, and present in Strategic Intuition: The Creative Spark in Human Achievement coming out in October 2007 and published by Columbia Business School Publishing, a new imprint of Columbia University Press. Once the book is out, this blogsite will be a way to keep learning more and to discuss with me and others your own ideas and experience of strategic intuition. In the meantime, I’ll give you a brief introduction to the idea. If you want to pre-order the book, follow the link at the right of this screen.
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Read Chapter 1 from Strategic Intuition
Why is strategic intuition important?
How does strategic intuition work?
Can you learn it, or do some people just have it and some people don’t?
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William Duggan is associate professor of management at Columbia Business School, where he teaches strategic intuition in graduate and executive course. He is the author of The Art of What Works: How Success Really Happens and Napoleon's Glance: The Secret of Strategy.
If you are interested in having William Duggan speak about strategic intuition and its applications, please email lynnellsworth@verizon.net
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Strategic Intuition is published by Columbia Business School Publishing, an imprint of Columbia University Press.
