The Power of Delegation

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Robert E. Lee delegated a lot of authority to his underlings because he realized, I think, that they had information he could not pull into one place. In the case of Lee, he gave them lots of freedom to innovate in their corner of the battlefield rather than getting a full report and figuring out this master plan. Eisenhower was not a great battlefield general, but he did his best to give Patton who would often act like a crazy man,. But with a spectacular battlefield general, he did hisbest to give Patton the delegate to Patton.

William Duggan, professor of management at Columbia Business School at Columbia University, talks about his latest book, Strategic Intuition. Duggan critiques traditional methods of strategy and planning and suggests that the opportunism and adaptability are more productive detailed plans. He also discusses the nature of intuition and creativity along with insights into how the brain works to better understand problem-solving.