CONCEPT NOTE # 6

INTUITIVE THINKING
Intuitive thinking is a feeling (sense) that doesn’t use rational processes such as facts
and data.

WHAT IS INTUITION?
Intuition is defined as “the subjective experience of a mostly
nonconscious process that is fast, a-logical, and inaccessible to consciousness that,
dependent on exposure to the domain or problem space, is capable of accurately
extracting probabilistic contingencies.”

Good intuition results from long years of knowledge and experience

which enables you to comprehend how people think, act, and react, perceive and
interpret, and interact with one another.
Intuitive thinkers do certain things which other do not. Carolyn
Gregorie (2004), senior writer of The Huffington Post Provided the Ten Things Highly
Intuitive People Do Differently. The following activities are as follows:

1. Listening to inner voice.

2. Taking time to be alone and to reflect.
3. Listening to their bodies.
4. Observing everything.
5. Paying attention to their dreams.
6. Connecting deeply with others and staying in positive mood.

STRATEGIC ANALYSIS

The process of examining, using one’s rationality or reason, the organization’s

surroundings and resources, and how they relate with each other to formulate a
strategy to meet objectives and improve performance or to solve problems.

INTUITIVE THINKING

The components of intuitive thinking differ from those of strategic analysis and
planning. According to Amy Baylor (1997), there are three components of intuition
and intuitive thinking: immediacy, sensing relationship, and reason.

1. Immediacy. This refers to the timing in intuitive thinking.

2. Sensing Relationship. This refers to the establishment or formulation of connections
among ideas.
3. Reason. It deals with intuition which involves certain type of reasoning.
The table below shows the differences between strategic thinking and intuitive thinking based on
Urgel, E. (2017)