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Learn how to go inside out vs. outside in so you can tap into your intuition to make strong decisions and come up with innovative solutions. It might just help you invent the next big thing rather than being the next Groupon clone.
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In her presentation at the Rocky Mountain Ruby 2011 event, Suzan Bond explores the intertwined concepts of intuition, innovation, and decision-making. She emphasizes the significance of harnessing both intuition and rational thinking in professional contexts, particularly in technology and development. Bond starts by defining intuition as information accessed without rational thought, advocating for a balance between the rational brain and the intuitive mind. Key points of her discussion include: - **Understanding Intuition**: Bond highlights the scientific basis of intuition's operation through the corpus callosum, which connects rational and intuitive thought processes. - **Personal Anecdote**: She shares a personal experience of a health scare, underscoring how intuition can serve as a critical guide in decision-making, even when it seems foolish to trust it. - **Challenges in Intuition**: Bond discusses common challenges, such as misinterpreting intuitive feelings as wishful thinking, and differentiating genuine intuitive insights from emotional reactions. - **Experiencing Synchronicity**: Recognizing moments of synchronicity in life as indicators of being in tune with one’s intuition is presented as crucial for effective decision-making. - **Unique Channels of Intuition**: Bond encourages individuals to identify how their intuition communicates—be it through physical sensations, images, or feelings—to enhance personal effectiveness. - **Importance of Reflection**: She stresses the value of quiet introspection and breaks for fostering intuition and mental clarity, drawing from her coaching experiences. - **Decision-Making Principle**: The idea that 'good decisions get better and bad decisions get worse' serves as a guiding principle for evaluating choices based on intuition. - **Legacy of Steve Jobs**: Bond references Steve Jobs as an example of a leader who exemplified the value of intuition in innovative decision-making. The talk concludes with a call to action, encouraging attendees to nurture their intuitive capabilities through self-exploration and reflection to drive innovation and sound decision-making in their fields.
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