As a race, we make instinctive judgments based on appearance and attire.
There is a small inner voice that agrees with the idea that we make fast, instinctive decisions when we buy a book blind – so not based on recommendations or reviews but on how it looks, feels and how much its title appeals.
Making data based decisions makes instinctive sense, and evidence is mounting that it makes strong commercial sense too.
But he has been performing triage, making quick, instinctive decisions to stop the bleeding.
When I write a modular story like this, I usually make an instinctive decision about how many parts there should be.
This concept of picking late-maturing athletes makes instinctive sense.
The consultants when reviewing real patients would be making instinctive judgements, likely with background information readily available or already processed.
Perhaps because I hated losing so much, I made an instinctive decision to soften the blow of my searing loss.
The Set-Up-To-Fail Syndrome by Jean-Francois Manzoni and Jean-Louis Barsoux suggests managers do tend to make fairly rapid and instinctive decisions about whether new staff are stars or problems.
"If you're in public life, where else would you rather be?" The Limits of Rationality A few months ago, Mr. Obama read "Thinking, Fast and Slow," by Daniel Kahneman, about how people make decisions — quick, instinctive thinking versus slower, contemplative deliberation.
The point is that you cannot micro-manage the bold, instinctive decisions required when the white heat of competition arrives.
