What, precisely, is intuition? Precisely may be an ill-chosen word. You can match the number of definitions to the number of people you ask. Dr. Agor boils it down to “…knowing for sure without knowing for certain….” Others will say it’s the same as a hunch, a gut feeling, an instinct or an inner knowing.
Warren Bennis, well-known author and leader in several fields, calls intuition his “inner voice.” He believes that listening to it and trusting it is one of the most important lessons of leadership that he has learned. “In fact,” he said in the foreword to the recently published Intuition at Work, “following what Emerson called the ‘blessed impulse’ is basic to understanding what leadership and organizations is all about….”
Perhaps Dr. Jonas Salk offered the most appropriate definition when he said, “The intuitive mind tells the logical mind where to look next.” Louis Pasteur probably struck another nerve when he said, “Chance favors the prepared mind.” Many researchers have discovered that intuitive hints might have proved baffling if they hadn’t already filled their bright heads with meaningful information.
Warren Bennis, well-known author and leader in several fields, calls intuition his “inner voice.” He believes that listening to it and trusting it is one of the most important lessons of leadership that he has learned. “In fact,” he said in the foreword to the recently published Intuition at Work, “following what Emerson called the ‘blessed impulse’ is basic to understanding what leadership and organizations is all about….”
Perhaps Dr. Jonas Salk offered the most appropriate definition when he said, “The intuitive mind tells the logical mind where to look next.” Louis Pasteur probably struck another nerve when he said, “Chance favors the prepared mind.” Many researchers have discovered that intuitive hints might have proved baffling if they hadn’t already filled their bright heads with meaningful information.
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