Strategic and intuitive

• Strategic analysis


  A system or method that requires deliberate, abstract, and effortful thinking that breaks down a complex problem into parts
• Steps in strategic analysis

  1. Identify the problem

  2. Analyze the problem

  3. Generate the solution

  4. Implement the solution

  5. Reflect on the outcomes
• Strategic analysis


  • Involves defining the problem and the factors or conditions involved in the situation
  • Examining the variables that will change state situations, including the potential challenges and its causes
  • Setting practical, reasonable, and creative criteria and strategies to solve the problem
  • Execution of the plan
  • Draw lessons that will guide future decisions
• Strategic analysis methods


  • Personal SWOT analysis
  • SWOT analysis for companies
• Intuitive thinking


  Quick and ready insight, the ability to understand something instinctively or automatically without the need for conscious reasoning
• Intuition is something that is known or understood without proof or evidence
• Intuitive thinking in everyday life

  • A doctor assessing an emergency case
  • A teacher determining the reason for a child's inattentiveness in class
  • A buyer examining which vegetable to buy
  • A firefighter trying to rescue a fire victim
• Intuitive thinking is affected by how one feels and define a thing or event, and is also influenced by particular norms and value systems within a community
• Strategic analysis and intuitive thinking

  They are similar in that they both involve decision-making, but they differ in the approach - strategic analysis is more deliberate and effortful, while intuitive thinking is more instinctive and automatic