Intuition: A Needed Component of Leadership for Decision-Making in Today's Technology Driven Air Force

By Douglas J. Slater

Deductive and technological data driven decisions are easy to support and defend when a decision results in failure but the best decision may not always be made when those tools are solely relied upon. This paper will show that the inductive or intuitive process should not be ignored and is also a critical component of leadership. Intuition needs to be identified, developed and utilized by the leader in a technology driven Air Force. Intuition is defined in the paper as the ability to subconsciously access and combine previous experiences, knowledge and life situations in a rational non-linear style to arrive at a conclusion that does not have readily apparent and communicable logical fact based data to support the conclusion. What is intuition, does everyone have intuition, and how can the leader use intuition in the decision-making process are answered in the paper. The research will demonstrate as technology provides vast quantities of data quickly to the decision maker, intuition should be a tool available to the leader. Two case studies demonstrate how intuition can impact decision-making.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1249594243
• ISBN13: 9781249594246
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Biblioscholar
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 0.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"