When I discussed about intuition with one of director in Sinar Sosro, a leading local player in tea in bottle with brand name Sosro, he has experienced with ‘Aha! sensation’ when he was alone… A brilliant idea also come from this ‘Aha! sensation’ which is like enlightenment for him and then he realized that it was a very good idea. Hayashi (2001) said that our mind continuously processes information that we are not consciously aware of, not only when we are asleep and dreaming but also when we are awake…it helps explain that ‘Aha! sensation’ is we experience when we learn something that we actually already knew.

Management Decision, published by Emerald Publishing, is planning a special issue on Common Sense and other Decision Influences.
Emerald is the world’s leading publisher of management research. Its focus on theory-into-practice means that all Emerald journals publish papers with direct application to the world of work. Eight to ten papers will be accepted for this special issue. All papers will be double-blind reviewed, after a preliminary screening by the guest editor. This call solicits both papers and reviewers.

As a guide, papers should be between 3,000 and 6,000 words in length. A title of not more than twelve words should be provided.
Articles should be submitted no later than June 1, 2008 to ScholarOne’s Manuscript Central at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/md
Author guidelines are on http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/md/notes.jsp

Topics on which papers could be submitted include, but are not limited to:
- Definition of common sense
- History of research on common sense
- Models of common sense
- Values and cultural influences in common sense
- Common sense and ethical behavior
- Common sense influences on decisions
- Evaluating quality of common sense
- Development of common sense
- Common sense and decision traps
- Common sense, rational and critical thinking
- Misconceptions about common sense and decisions
- Attitudes, Experiences, and Learning influences on common sense
- Interaction and Group Influences on common sense
- Organizational “Systems” and other External Environmental Factors impacting common sense
- Criteria for determining quality of decisions
- Intuitive and deductive reasoning’s role in common sense
For inquiries, please contact Erwin Rausch at didacticra@aol.com

(Posted in this blog with permission 16/02/08 from Erwin Rausch)

From: Whitworth L., Kimsey-House, K., Kimsey-House H., Sandahl, P. (2007). Co-Active coaching: New skills for coaching people toward success in work and life. Davies-Black Publishing. Page 54:

“Intuition often shows up in unexpected ways in the coaching conversation. Sometimes it’s a hunch. Or it might appear as a visual image or an unexplained shift in emotion or energy. The important thing to remember in coaching is to be open to intuition–trusting it, aware of it, and completely unattached to the interpretation. In the end, intuition is valuable when it moves the client to action or deeper learning. It is irrelevant, really, whether your intuition was “correct.”"