Decision making with an edge

“Those who have deep smarts can see the whole picture and yet zoom in on a specific problem others haven’t been able to diagnose. Almost intuitively, they can make the right decision, at the right level, with the right people.” Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap People who have the ability to consistently say the right thing at the right moment understand the bigger picture and the ramifications of change in a system without having to explain the logical conclusion that brought them to the decision have what organizations want, a deeper understanding, something close to wisdom. Wisdom in this sense comes from experience, good judgment and an understanding that most important decisions contain no certainty. Add large amounts of financial responsibility and time constraints and we move to what is called “rapid cognition” or the ability to conceptualize the details and the big picture in seconds. The brain operates from