Eugene Sadler Smith is a Professor of Organizational Behaviour at the Surrey Business School. His research interests include hubris (in leadership, business, and politics) and intuition (in decision-making and creativity).
This episode is dedicated to the topic of decision-making.
Human beings have an intuitive mind, as well as an analytical mind, and both have their pros and cons when it comes to decision-making.
During our conversation, we discussed the following topics:
00:00 What intuition is and what it is not
03:45 The two types of intuition
09:48 Adopting the Ambidextrous Mindset
16:20 How to take important decisions in business
21:47 Carl Jung and Intuition
25:18 Why the intuitive mind is a slow learner
31:09 Values and ethics in decision-making processes
34:42 Final Thoughts - AI and intuition
About the work of Eugene Sadler-Smith:
Eugene Sadler Smith published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and his research has featured on BBC Radio 4, BBC Local Radio, Sky TV, The Insight Channel, The Times, The Guardian, and others.
Eugene worked on research and executive education projects with, amongst others, Tesco, Mind Gym, ICSA, CIPD, Met Police, Surrey Police, Welsh Government, Forbes, Home Office and the Scottish Government.
He has written a number of books: Learning and Development for Managers (Blackwell, 2006); Inside Intuition (Routledge, 2008); The Intuitive Mind (John Wiley and Sons, 2010, translated into Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Russian); Hubristic Leadership (with a Foreword by Lord David Owen, SAGE, 2018); Human Resource Development: From Theory into Practice (SAGE, 2022), and ‘Intuition in Business’ (Oxford University Press in 2023).
On March 15, 2024 his latest book ‘The Hubris Hazard, and how to avoid it’ was published by Routledge, and on September 15, 2024, his book 'Trust your gut: Go with your intuition and make better choices’ will be published by Pearson Academic.
The E-Mail address of Professor Sadler-Smith is: e.sadler-smith@surrey.ac.uk
His website dedicated to the topic of Hubris is: www.thehubrishub.com
4 май 2024
