Alina Bas

New York University | NYU · Faculty of Arts and Science

The literature on intuition within the management scholarship identified six necessary and sufficient characteristics that define intuition: intuition is rapid, alogical, holistic, tacit, has an intrinsic certainty, and is spontaneous (cf Dane & Pratt, 2007; Dörfler & Ackermann, 2012; Kahneman, 2003: 698; Sadler-Smith, 2008: 13). These features are...

In this chapter we propose expanding the scope of what is covered by scholarly research on intuition. Specifically, we suggest expanding this research into an area often labeled as unscientific. Much of what is considered scientific knowledge today used to be outside the realm of scientific, until someone achieved an understanding of a phenomenon t...

Our inquiry began by attempting to understand whether there are contexts in which human intuition consistently outperforms Artificial Intelligence (AI) in producing successful pathways for action. In order to figure this out, in this paper we distinguish between known, unknown (but knowable), and unknowable situations, using the Knightian uncertain...

This conceptual paper examines reasons why analytically educated learners may be reluctant to engage in sensory-based learning. Sensing is indispensable for constructing knowledge and should be employed on par with the intellect, particularly in today's complex and uncertain context. Yet, we have observed learners' reluctance to engage with sensing...

Uncertainty has become a leitmotif for knowledge workers in today’s business environment. Uncertainty is experienced when all options and their probabilities are not known, when there is an insufficient amount of data, incomplete data, too much data that cannot be processed timely or sufficiently, or low reliability of data. Uncertainty can be comp...

This stream of the 14th annual intuition symposium at AoM showcases new empirical research into the use of intuition in decision making and problem solving. All five contributions are based on findings from recent studies and draw conclusions relevant for intuition training. Bas and Dörfler explore whether knowledge workers in a crisis situation re...

The purpose of this phenomenological study is to understand the nature of uncertainty and extreme context, as well the relationship between them. The study describes uncertainty as the environment that is either unknown, i.e. where conditions can potentially become known but they are just not known to the given actors, at the given place and time;...

Intuiting can be conceptualized as a way of ‘direct knowing’, that is, knowing “without any use of conscious reasoning” (Sinclair & Ashkanasy, 2005: 357), through a process that seems to bypass sequential (i.e. step-by-step) reasoning. Although the terms ‘intuiting’ and ‘intuition’ are often used interchangeably, it is important to differentiate be...

Based on a recent study involving clinicians working in the New York greater area during the first wave of COVID-19, the authors assert that uncertainty is a ubiquitous environment rather than a bounded condition that one can ‘get through’. Using a metaphor of ‘an ocean as default habitat’ to represent the pervasiveness of Knightian uncertainty, th...

The purpose of this phenomenological inquiry was to understand the way analytical thinkers use intuition and wayfinding under the conditions of uncertainty. The plan was to explore this phenomenon through interviewing software engineers and financial analysts. The methodological approach seemed straightforward: look to established design and method...

Alina Bas, a left-brainer and a trained intuitive, guides skeptics through scientific and anecdotal evidence of intuition, separating useful practices from illusions. She takes a down-to-earth approach to exploring the nature of intuition, without resorting to the supernatural. In this book, you will find logical and enlightening ideas: · Why you...

In Changes of the Heart, thirteen life coaches offer their best strategies for some of life's toughest moments. Following principles developed by Dr. Martha Beck - such as seeking what's right for you within yourself and taking change one easy step at a time - each coach has written about her particular expertise. Look inside for genuine, effective...