This post was co-written by Justine Saavedra and Tchiki Davis. Intuition can be a difficult concept to define—it is sometimes described as the sixth human sense. It happens when your brain quickly ...

Listening to your gut can often be a source of good information. The information we receive comes from the subconscious, and when patterns make sense we make connections that can come as an insight, ...

I was recently asked what advice I might give to aspiring business leaders that could help them make purposeful decisions. After giving this question serious consideration, I recalled a Harvard ...

Intuition, a profound aspect of human cognition, is often misunderstood. It’s the ability to understand something instinctively without needing conscious reasoning. That gut feeling guides us through ...

Wouldn’t it be great if you had a voice in your head that told you who you should date and why or whether you should talk to a certain person or not? Well, you do! It comes from out of nowhere, fast ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Steven Cost As leaders, ...

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Have you ever accepted a job that didn’t feel right and later realized it wasn’t a good fit? Or said yes to a date with someone that you knew deep down wasn’t compatible because they looked great on ...

As a leader of a small or medium enterprise (SME), you often face the challenging decision of whether to trust your gut instincts or rely solely on scientific data. This conundrum isn’t new, yet it ...