A lot of people are always looking for a magic solution to their future. I have a lot of listeners who tell me that they're looking for something new to do. Now they've suddenly got interested in ideas and they want to change careers. They don't know where to start. Other problems we might have would be, again, how to parent or simply how to move up the ladder of a particular career we have chosen.
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.