Intuition comes of age: workplace applications of intuitive skill for occupational and environmental health nurses.

1. Intuition is an internal experience. It is a way of knowing something directly without an intervening analytic thought. It functions more subjectively than objectively. 2. The subjective nature of intuition makes it challenging to use in the business world yet the value it adds makes it worth the effort. Intuition adds value when making judgment calls, managing unforeseeables, when creativity and innovation are necessary. Intuition is the skill of responding appropriately, in the moment, to specific situations. Intuition "opens the doors" to new possibilities which can then be applied and evaluated analytically. 3. Intuition can be enhanced in the workplace by becoming familiar with some of the ways it is experienced, and facilitate co-workers to express their intuitions more openly. Another way to enhance intuition at work is to ask questions which collect non-analytic data. 4. Making intuitive thinking a regular part of team meetings will improve the productivity of the team and encourage individual use of intuitive skill. Individual intuitive skill can be increased with paying regular attention to physical responses, images, feelings, and synchronicities.