Comments on: Why should you trust your business intuition?

By: Duncan Hannay-Robertson

Duncan Hannay-Robertson — Fri, 21 May 2010 08:07:52 +0000

The discussions I had was that we didn’t come to any conclusion and its still left up in the air whether intuition really is experience. That’s probably why the dictionary definition was completely different to the audiences definition. Ray Kroc was 52 when he bought Macdonalds. The stimulating debate continues. Another energising evening.

By: Ann

Ann — Wed, 19 May 2010 07:06:59 +0000

Owen, you’re absolutely right and I thought the same things as I was researching this article. The people who have learned to trust their intuition have done so because they have many examples of where it has worked and only the most obvious ones are listed here. I don’t think anyone has any empirical evidence that intuition works or doesn’t work but there are lots of examples of people ignoring a ‘gut feeling’ and later wishing they had taken notice of it.

By: Owen

Owen — Mon, 17 May 2010 13:17:59 +0000

While I agree completely that intuition is an important trait, I wonder whether you are you not in fact being a bit disingenuous with your “When intuition works” section. Why were these examples not mere luck, what is the proportion of good decision making based on intuition vs bad, how many failures have arisen from intuitive decision making?