‘The Power of Intuition’ with Hrund Gunnsteinsdottir

The Evolving Leader

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In this episode of The Evolving Leader, co-hosts Scott Allender and Emma Sinclair sit down with Icelandic author, sustainability leader and entrepreneur Hrund Gunnsteinsdottir to explore how intuition can guide leaders through times of uncertainty and noise. Drawing from her book INSÆI: Icelandic Wisdom for Turbulent Times and her acclaimed documentary InnSæi: The Power of Intuition, Hrund shares how reconnecting with our inner compass helps us balance rational analysis with intuitive insight, creativity and emotional intelligence. From her own experience of burnout to lessons on presence, journaling, and attention, she reveals how leaders can cultivate deeper self-awareness and resilience.

This conversation goes beyond abstract theory, showing how intuition plays a vital role in decision-making, relationships, and leadership culture. Hrund explains how being present allows us to listen more fully, connect with others, and sense opportunities we might otherwise miss. If you are navigating complexity, seeking clarity in uncertainty, or wanting to integrate wisdom and creativity into your leadership practice, this episode offers practical tools and profound inspiration.

Further references

“Listen to Your Intuition — It Can Help You Navigate the Future”

https://www.ted.com/talks/hrund_gunnsteinsdottir_listen_to_your_intuition_it_can_help_you_navigate_the_future

“How to tap into your intuition: a live meditation with Hrund Gunnsteinsdóttir”

https://tedxlondon.com/podcasts/how-to-tap-into-your-intuition-a-live-meditation-with-hrund-gunnsteinsdottir/

Other reading from Jean Gomes and Scott Allender:
Leading In A Non-Linear World (J Gomes, 2023)

The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence (S Allender, 2023)

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Chapters

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Defining intuition (00:03:08)

3. Why and when did the idea of unlocking the world within become important to you and how might we enable others to recognise how it may become important for them to recognise within them too? (00:08:55)

4. Do you think that we are naturally more intuitive and in contact with our intuition as younger people, as we get older we lose it as our attention is hijacked, and part of the journey back is figuring out places where you need to heal? (00:16:40)

5. How do you help individuals who may be always on, work hard to create the flow state and gain the benefit of intuition? (00:20:46)

6. Is it possible to help someone who has never journaled before? (00:27:06)

7. Are there other things that leaders should be thinking about in terms of honing intuition and being able to pull apart where they may be biased or making assumptions and they then need to test and validate intuition? (00:29:20)

8. How can you use intuition to build better relationships? (00:35:55)

9. How do we experience or build great intuition with the world that is getting faster and more digital. How can we become that human anchor? (00:40:58)

10. Do you think sometimes it’s an unwillingness to see? (00:47:15)

11. Firstly when was the last time that you DIDN’T listen to your intuition, how did you feel it and what happened as a result? And then secondly, when was the last time that you DID listen to your intuition, how did you feel it and what happened as a result? (00:51:23)

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