0 to 1 on Instinct, 1 to 10 on Logic

Our Senior Managing Director works by an explicit formula, in his own words: "Starting something new — going 0 to 1 — lead with instinct and just try. After the challenge, going 1 to 10 — systemization — use logic, feeding the failures into the system."

Having done nearly every job in the company — sales, product planning, finance, factory management — he has run this cycle through them all. The world has instinct-only people, who can start but not sustain, and logic-only people, precise but unable to begin — for at zero-to-one, there is nothing yet to analyze.

Strength lies in switching by phase: instinct to start, logic to grow. Which phase are you in — and are you holding the wrong tool?

What do you work for?