The Business Case Against Gut Decisions

What business leaders can learn from chess players and firefighters about when to rely on intuition

Olivier Sibony
Marker
Published in
6 min readJul 17, 2020

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When it comes to big strategic decisions, even the best and most celebrated leaders have their share of failures. Think, for instance, of Steve Jobs launching the Apple Lisa. Or Jeff Bezos pushing the Fire Phone. Or (although the…

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