Intuition: the ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning.

In business, it is more standard to rely on analysis than intuition.

Intuition is a skill that can be built. You can learn to adjust your behavior to a set of cues in a manner that is more successful. As a matter of fact, there is even a term for it: Recognition Primed Decision.

A situation generates clues. You recognize a pattern in those clues and activate action scripts that affect the situation.

In order to build your intuition at work, you can improve your intuition by learning this process:

1. Identify the decisions that are part of your job.

• What makes those decisions difficult
• What are common errors
• How does someone with more experience than you make decisions

1. Practice making decisions in context

• Think back to a situation you were in—what were the cues you picked up on and what did you miss?

1. Practice with a co-worker who was in the situation with you to see what they picked up on that you didn’t
2. Analyze your decision steps to identify what you would do differently next time