In a world where uncertainty has become familiar and one crisis seems to follow another, one resource is still too often overlooked: intuition.

Far from being merely a vague hunch or a gift reserved for a few people, intuition can be a valuable resource when making decisions, particularly when we do not have all the information we need.

Why listen to your intuition in uncertain times?

Intuition is a capacity to pick up on aspects of a situation quickly, sometimes before we can explain rationally what we sense.

Our experience, emotions and bodily perceptions can all contribute to this process. Yet an intuition is not necessarily right. It can also be influenced by our fears, habits and conditioning.

The aim is therefore to bring intuition and rational analysis into dialogue, drawing on both to make decisions with greater discernment.

In a complex environment, this inner listening can help us consider other possibilities, step back and recognise a direction worth exploring.

Developing intuition and discernment

Intuition need not be a talent reserved for a select few. We can learn to recognise what we feel, observe our reactions and gradually distinguish an intuitive impression from a fear or a learned pattern.

This often begins with simple things: slowing down, allowing a moment of silence, returning to bodily sensations and noticing what happens within us as we face a decision.

Three dimensions offer a way to explore this experience:

• Contextual intuition: noticing aspects of a situation and considering them alongside the information available.
• Relational intuition: paying attention to what we feel in our interactions, without treating our impressions as certainties about other people.
• Visionary intuition: welcoming new perspectives and imagining possible directions, while testing them against reality.

These are perspectives for reflection, rather than a fixed scientific classification of intuition.

Developing intuition also means recognising its limits and learning not to treat every feeling as an absolute truth.

What place can intuition have in business?

Whether you are an entrepreneur, a senior leader or responsible for a team, a crisis can bring difficult decisions, sometimes with little time to make them.

In these moments, stepping back can help you regain a sense of inner calm and examine what really matters.

Intuition can contribute to entrepreneurial decisions by helping us to:

• Notice possibilities that may not be immediately apparent through analysis.
• Recognise when a decision seems inconsistent with our values.
• Regain clarity before taking action.
• Bring what we feel into dialogue with the facts, our experience and the constraints of the situation.

The intention is not always to decide faster. It is to make more conscious choices, taking account of both who we are and the reality of the situation.

Returning to your inner compass with Être à sa place

At the heart of the Être à sa place method is an invitation to return to your centre, listen to yourself and develop the discernment to act in alignment with who you are.

During a period of uncertainty, we may look for every answer outside ourselves, try to control everything or allow fear to guide us.

Returning to ourselves can create some distance from this agitation and make room to choose a direction from a more grounded place within.

This approach brings rational thinking, experience and inner listening together. Reflection and analysis remain part of the process.

If you are going through a transition or facing an important decision, you can explore an individual session or contact me to discuss your situation.