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William Duggan

Senior Lecturer in Business
Management Division
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Areas of Expertise
Leadership & Organizational Behavior
Contact
Office: 321 Kravis
E-mail: wrd3@gsb.columbia.edu
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Curriculum Vitae

William Duggan is the author of three recent books on innovation: Strategic Intuition: The Creative Spark in Human Achievement (2007); Creative Strategy: A Guide for Innovation (2012); and The Seventh Sense: How Flashes of Insight Change Your Life (2015).  In 2007 the journal Strategy+Business named Strategic Intuition “Best Strategy Book of the Year.” He has BA, MA and PhD degrees from Columbia University, and twenty years of experience as a strategy advisor and consultant. 

Professor Duggan teaches innovation in three venues at Columbia Business School: MBA and Executive MBA courses, and Executive Education sessions. In 2014 he won the Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence. He has given talks and workshops on innovation to thousands of executives from companies in countries around the world.  

Education
BA, Columbia, 1974; MA, 1981; PhD, 1986
Joined CBS
2001

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Journal Article
Duggan, William. “How Aha! Really Happens.”
strategy+business
vol. 1, (January 01, 2010): 1-6.
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Working Paper
Duggan, William. Coup d'Oeil: Strategic Intuition in Army Planning. November 01, 2005.
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Duggan, William. “Your Seventh Sense: Beyond Mindfulness.” The European Business Review. July 01, 2015.
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Duggan, William. “Creative Strategy: A Guide for Innovation from Mind to Method.” The European Business Review. August 01, 2013.
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Duggan, William. “Design vs. Discovery: Which Way to Innovation?” The European Business Review. March 01, 2013.
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Duggan, William and R. Glenn Hubbard. “Roots of Prosperity.” Strategy+Business. January 01, 2010.
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Hubbard, R. Glenn and William Duggan. “The Forgotten Lessons of the Marshall Plan.” strategy+business. January 01, 2008.
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Duggan, William. “Strategic Intuition: East Meets West in the Executive Mind.” Peking University Business Review. January 01, 2008.
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Hubbard, R. Glenn and William Duggan. “Why Africa Needs a Marshall Plan.” Financial Times. June 04, 2007.
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Book
Duggan, William and A. Murphy. The Art of Ideas: Creative Thinking for Work and Life. New York: Columbia Business School, 2019.
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Book
Duggan, William. The Seventh Sense: How Flashes of Insight Change Your Life. New York: Columbia Business School, 2015.
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Book
Duggan, William. Creative Strategy: A Guide for Innovation. New York: Columbia University Press, 2013.
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Book
Hubbard, R. Glenn and William Duggan. The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending Poverty. New York: Columbia Business School, 2009.
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Book
Duggan, William. Strategic Intuition: The Creative Spark in Human Achievement. New York: Columbia Business School, 2007.
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Book
Duggan, William. The Art of What Works: How Success Really Happens. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003.
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Book
Duggan, William. Napoleon's Glance: The Secret of Strategy. New York: Nation Books, 2002.
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Chapter
Ingram, Paul and William Duggan. “Improvisation in Management.” In Oxford Handbook of Critical Improvisation Studies, edited by G. Lewis and B. Piekut, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016.
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Duggan, William. “Intuition in Strategic Thinking.” In Rational Intuition: Philosophical Roots, Scientific Investigations, edited by Lisa M. Osbeck and Barbara S. Held, 239-256. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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Duggan, William. “Intuition in Strategic Thinking.” In Rational Intuition: Philosophical Roots, Scientific Investigations, edited by L. Osbeck and B. Held, 239-256. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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Duggan, William. “Strategic Intuition in Army Training.” In Exploring Strategic Thinking: Insights to Assess, Develop, and Retain Army Strategic Thinkers, edited by Heather M.K. Wolters, Anna P. Grome, and Ryan M. Hinds, Ft. Belvoir, VA: United States Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, 2013.
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Duggan, William and Malia Mason. “Strategic Intuition.” In Handbook of Intuition Research, edited by Marta Sinclair, 79-87. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2011.
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Duggan, William. “Flash versus Blink: An Introduction to Strategic Intuition.” In Strategic Intuition, 1-10. New York: Columbia Business School, 2007.
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B8599: Corporate Innovator: A Guide Through the Labyrinth
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How to Unleash Creative Thinking

Strategy+Business
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Powerful Strategies That Help Leaders Ideate, Influence and Disrupt

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Napoleon's Glance: Developing Strategic Intuition

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Napoleon’s Glance: Developing Strategic Intuition

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