Prof. Laura Huang is a Distinguished Professor of Management and Organizational Dynamics at Northeastern University, and previously taught at Harvard Business School and the Wharton School. She has been recognized as one of the world’s top 40 business school professors and is a recipient of the 2020 Cozzarelli Prize for scientific originality. She is the author of the bestselling Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage. Her newest book, You Already Know: The Science of Mastering Your Intuition, was released on July 29, 2025. In it, she presents a groundbreaking, research-based guide to using intuition as a powerful tool for smarter decisions and lasting success.
In our conversation we discuss:
(01:01) – AI reliance and intuition
(01:11) – Gut feeling vs intuition
(03:08) – Human vs animal intuition
(06:03) – Neuralink and future of instincts
(09:14) – Simple vs complex problems
(20:08) – Types of gut feelings
(22:56) – Evolution vs learned instincts
(26:45) – Loss aversion vs gains
(34:04) – Cognitive biases and intuition
(41:07) – Coin flip and loss aversion
(48:54) – Ways to hone intuition
(56:46) – Hard work and success myth
(1:02:31) – Cultural differences in edge
(1:05:07) – Guiding perception vs faking it
Learn more about Prof. Laura Huang
Website: https://www.proflaurahuang.com/
New Book - https://www.amazon.com/You-Already-Know-Mastering-Intuition/dp/0593714768
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