creative intuition

i was reading an article from boss miongs thread.  “strategic intuition” drew me nearer and nearer as i was reading it.  the columbia seminar i guess was really hitting something dead on.  here’s the excerpt:

 

Strategic Intuition
By:William Duggan PhD; Preofessor of Entrepreneurship, Columbia University
Venue: Auditorium, Ateneo Graduate School of Business, Rockwell, Makati City

Topic: STRATEGIC INTUITION: The Creative Spark In Human Achievement

When do you get your best ideas? You probably answer “At night,” or “In the shower,” or “Stuck in traffic.” You get a flash of insight. Things come together in your mind. Your brain connects the dots. You say to yourself, “Aha! I see what to do.” Modern brain science now reveals how these flashes of insight happen. It’s a special form of intuition. We call it strategic intuition, because it gives you an idea for action – a strategy.

Modern science tells us there are three kinds of intuition. First, there’s ordinary intuition. That’s just a feeling. Your gut. Second, there’s expert intuition. That means snap judgments, where you instantly recognize something familiar, the way a tennis pro knows where the ball will go from the arc and speed of the opponent’s racket. Basically, practice makes perfect. You get faster at what you do. Malcolm Gladwell wrote about this second kind of intuition in Blink. Third, there’s strategic intuition. It’s not a vague feeling, like ordinary intuition. It’s a clear thought. And it’s not fast, like expert intuition. It’s slow. That flash of insight you had last night might solve a problem that’s been on of your mind for a month. And it doesn’t happen in familiar situations, like a tennis match. Strategic intuition works in new situations. That’s when you need it most.

Everyone knows you need creative thinking, or entrepreneurial thinking, or innovative thinking, or strategic thinking, to succeed in the modern world. All these kinds of thinking happen through flashes of insight – strategic intuition. And now that we know how it works, you can learn to do it better. That’s what this book is about.

 

yes.  seems like most of our ideas was hatched during driving.  when i can show my emotions in hidden fashion.  when i can shed a tear when hardly no one knows.  upon projecting a smile at my next stop, the roller coaster of emotions is cooking up something i havent thought of before.

invisible hand

is there really an invisible hand that the lord extends to steer us in his way?

when i was young, im even indifferent of a deity’s existence.  i felt that everything can be made with sheer thoughts.  i was a negativist then when bad things come.  but the present days is different!  i can never be sad because i know that when “unexpected alterations” come which would make me uncomfortable at first, it is always for a greater good which i don’t understand at present.

i have this blind faith that makes me believe that there is this invisible hand for guidance.  that even which option i choose, i would always see the right path.  so far, i havent failed.  things always end up better than the plans made by my thoughts and i am amazed how ingenious the right things come at the right places.

thank you dear lord for guiding me even if im always on the edge of the dark.

unstructured hovering

i want to develop the literature for the hover craft in the philippines proposal.  my thoughts are still here and there and is still not coherently grouped to be taken seriously.  my former professor said that “i always lack faith in myself” and i’m thankful that he is willing to help develop my random thoughts on a serious paper.

hovercraft would be great because of the following philippine realities:

a.  it would be cost efficient.  developing sea ports is expensive especially for small islands with low economic turnovers.  the hover crafts would technically need none of this.  it could virtually dock anywhere.  for ease of service a flat hover pad can be made near the seashore.  it can be even stored in a hangar-type area when bad weather comes in.

b.  it would link local economies and people.  through increased availability of travel from one small islet to another, physical boundaries will be cutted off.  freeing from seclusion would be a main factor to alleviate people from poverty.

c.  it would be an efficient form of travel for 7 people and below.  iloilo to guimaras would only take 5 minutes on sunny days at lessthan 1 liter of fuel.  its technically efficient than a gas-guzzling jetski.  it would be way cooler and exciting for chick adventure travels (errr..just delete the last sentence..hehe)

d.  it would make more interests to many eco-tourism destinations in the philippines.  whale watching, adventure in protected nature reserves and much more that our beautiful country could offer.  i particularly imagine a photo-eco-tourism package for this.  this could be taken inwards to the shore unlike your typical bancas and rubber boats so more perspectives can be shot at lesser time.  it would also polute the water less due to lower fossil-fuel consumption.

e.  it would be a great rescue vehicle for floods is a philippine reality we cant tackle up to now.  going over land and flood water would be easy with this vehicle because it hovers 8 inches above air.  it could save lives because of faster response times in this country with poor health services.  the local government units would be one of the market of these products.

f.  philippines has a lot of engineering minds that i believe can make better designs and utility for this project.  im dreaming of unmanned hover vehicles to protect ports and shorelines with cameras, 20mm guns and PA systems controlled at the safety of the philippine shores.  philippine minds are seldomly given a chance to shine in the philippines that they go overseas to the benifit of foreign countries.  i still believe in the philippines!  and this project if allowed to bloom would allow gifted filipinos to stay here and sell hovercrafts internationally thereby achieving higher compensation.

oh..my bias about the philippines shows again.  i love this country and i would like more interesting and creative people to stay here.  sadly, i hope we really can.