This past weekend I read Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. It deals with intuition – how it works, when to trust it, and how to influence it. As an elected person, I found it very interesting to apply his ideas to the problem of disconnect between so-called “common sense” and the decisions elected people make. As it bubbles in my head, I’m sure I’ll write more entries on this. In the meantime, Gladwell’s blog has a posting that describes the difference between the insider and outsider’s perspective better than I could.