The Science
Research in Decision-Making
Adaptability and Planning
The Latest Science and Sun Tzu's
Teachings
Many people are in a mess and don’t know how to get out. Why? Because they don't
know that there is a whole science dedicated to improving positions and to
making better decisions.
Sun Tzu's adaptive response strategy is a scientific theory that explains what works in challenging
situations. In technical terms, adaptive strategy is a matrix-based, feedback loop.
By "matrix," we mean seeing positions in several dimensions simultaneously.
The feedback loop is the adaptive cycle that constantly adjusts to events to
improve your position.
To understand how different adaptive strategy is from traditional
problem solving, we look at the
latest discoveries in cognition and examine the logical limits of traditional
planning.
Cognitive Research into Great Decision-Making
The latest research
demonstrates the limits of linear planning and problem solving. In the field of science known as cognitive
engineering, adaptive response is known as "rapid cognition" and
"recognition-primed decision-making." When researchers
compare how novices and experts make decisions, they find that the experts
make snap decisions from complex unconscious mental processes while novices use
conscious linear reasoning that usually leads to the wrong conclusions. This
research documents the reality of the "super powers" of rapid recognition
including the ability to see what is invisible to most people.
To learn more about this research, go here.
The Complementary Roles of Adaptability and Planning
Adaptive response strategy starts with the
humble acceptance that planning has limits.
Sun Tzu saw
that losers clung to their
plans like an excuse while winners responded instantly to the unpredictable
situations.
Both planning and adaptive strategy are necessary. Planning solves the problem of control while the
strategy find opportunity what we cannot control. Together, they create the resources and need for each
other. The problem is that our knowledge of linear planning has overshadowed
our understanding of adaptive strategy.
For more on how adaptability works
with planning, click here.
The Proof that Sun Tzu's Adaptive Response Strategy Works
Science depends upon evidence or, more simply, proof. Unlike most new
theories of success, there is a wealth of proof that Sun Tzu's science of strategy
works. Sun Tzu's brand of adaptive strategy has been proven to work on the battlefields, in business, politics,
sports, and everywhere else over and over again.
You can read more about the proof
here.
If you want to learn the science of adaptive response, start by looking at our
books, CDs, and DVDs
at www.Strategy-Shop.com, our on-line
courseware at www.StrategySchool.com,
and our on-site workshops at www.OnSiteStrategy.com.
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