CAN LEADERS MAKE THEIR OWN LUCK?
Golfer Gary Player is famous for saying: “the harder I pactice, the luckier I get” Lots of leaders have put their noses to the grindstone to emulate Gary’s success. But how lucky did all that practice make you feel when the pandemic hit? What else might help your luck? This article is about a Poker ingenue, who set up a year-long experiment to see whether her Harvard training in Decision-Making, would give her an edge, and bring her luck, in professional Poker competitions. It is a great story and there are lots of useful lessons here for strategic leaders.