How to Trust in Uncertainty: Quitting at the UN

How to Trust in Uncertainty: Quitting at the UN

Hrund Gunnsteinsdóttir on Trust in Uncertainty and why she left the UN for Purpose and Alignment. Get Clarity & Alignment on Purpose: ⁠ [https://intuitiveleader.net/clarity] 👉 https://intuitiveleader.net/clarity⁠ [https://intuitiveleader.net/clarity] Today, I’m joined by Hrund Gunnsteinsdóttir to discuss Trust in Uncertainty and why she walked away from a high-status career at the UN to find true Alignment. If you've ever felt 'successful' but out of sync, this conversation on Innsæi, intuition and Life Purpose is for you. Have you as a Founder or Leader ever felt "successful" but completely out of alignment? We explore: Intuition is about presence, being grounded, and following our purpose so we can live with Clarity, Awareness, and a sense of inner peace. As Hrund explains, it is ultimately about being aligned with your life purpose and having the courage to look at the 'sea within.' The Challenges for Leaders: 1. How do you KNOW it is your intuition? 2. How do you TRUST your intuition during times of deep uncertainty? 3. And how do you FIND that Clarity on your life purpose when everything around you is spinning? How I Help: I provide the tools and the community to help you navigate these transitions in a safe space dedicated to this journey. 👉 Get started here: https://intuitiveleader.net/clarity Connect with Hrund: Visit her website to learn more about her work on Innsæi: 🌐 Website: https://www.hrundgunnsteinsdottir.com/ Connect with Maurice: 🌐 More on our program Decoding Intuition™: https://www.intuitiveleader.net/masterclass 💡 Contact: https://www.intuitiveleader.net/contact 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauricejenkens/ PS: If this episode resonated, please Follow the show and leave a 5-star review. It helps other leaders find this. Thank you!

13. Compete with AI or Become Better at Being Human? — with Dean Newlund

I sat down with Dean Newlund for an energetic, open, and lighthearted conversation about intuition, leadership, and what it means to be human in a time where AI is starting to do “human things”. Dean is a gifted storyteller who shares both professional and deeply personal experiences, including moments when he ignored his own intuition, even walking down the aisle. He brings over 30 years of global leadership experience, having worked across five continents and in 19 countries. He is the Founder and CEO of Mission Facilitators, a boutique consulting firm headquartered in Arizona, and has spent nearly three decades supporting leadership and team development for Fortune 500 companies. In 2019, he delivered his TEDx talk, “Why Business Needs Intuition,” where he explores the Challenger explosion and the cost of ignoring hunches in highly technical, data-driven environments. We explore what it means to read the “energy of a room,” the uniquely human ability to connect sincerely, and what it truly means to be human in these AI-times. Listen in! Links to Maurice and Decoding Intuition™ Decoding Intuition™: https://www.intuitiveleader.net/masterclass [https://www.intuitiveleader.net/masterclass] Email: maurice@intuitiveleader.net [maurice@intuitiveleader.net] Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauricejenkens/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauricejenkens/] Links to Dean Newlund and his company See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I] Connect with Dean:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw] Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/ [https://www.mfileadership.com/] The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/ [https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/]X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund [https://twitter.com/deannewlund] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deannewlund/ [https://www.instagram.com/deannewlund/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/ [https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/]Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com [dean.newlund@mfileadership.com] Phone: 1-800-926-7370

12. Intuition Is Experience Speaking — with Gary Klein

In this episode of The Intuitive Leader, I am honored to speak with Gary Klein, one of the most influential thinkers in the world on intuition, expertise, and real-world decision-making. Gary is a cognitive psychologist and a pioneer of Naturalistic Decision Making, studying how people actually make decisions in messy, uncertain, high-stakes environments. His Recognition-Primed Decision model has fundamentally changed how the US Army and Marines train leaders to decide under pressure, and his work has shaped fields ranging from the military to executive leadership. We also talk about his long and respectful disagreement with his good friend and Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman, which evolved into a five-year adversarial collaboration and resulted in their joint publication Failure to Disagree, exploring when intuitive expertise can, and cannot, be trusted. Gary never set out to study intuition, but to understand rapid decision-making. When a senior firefighter once told him, “I’ve never made a decision in my life,” it revealed that experts do not experience decision-making the way textbooks describe it. That moment marked an unexpected turning point in Gary’s research. Gary is a natural storyteller, and it is both a pleasure and enlightening to listen to him. Join in! Links to Gary and his company Shadowbox Shadow Box: https://www.shadowboxtraining.com/our-team/ [https://www.shadowboxtraining.com/our-team/] Gary Klein - Seeing what others don’t: https://www.gary-klein.com/ [https://www.gary-klein.com/] Links to Maurice Decoding Intuition™: https://www.intuitiveleader.net/masterclass [https://www.intuitiveleader.net/masterclass] Community: https://www.intuitiveleader.net/community [https://www.intuitiveleader.net/community] Webinars: https://www.intuitiveleader.net/webinars [https://www.intuitiveleader.net/webinars] Podcast: https://www.intuitiveleader.net/podcast [https://www.intuitiveleader.net/podcast] Email: maurice@intuitiveleader.net [maurice@intuitiveleader.net] Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauricejenkens/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauricejenkens/]

11. Turning toward discomfort and Attuning to others — with CEO Mac Van Wielingen

Every now and then you meet someone truly special, and you just know it. This was my first impression of Canadian Mac Van Wielingen, shaped by his presence and by his family history. I was deeply moved by his personal story and by that of his Jewish father, who fled the Nazis in Germany and ended up in the Dutch resistance, operating close to the very village I was born in. That connection hit me in a way I did not expect. Mac (Canadian with a Dutch mother and a German father) is the Founder and Chairman of Viewpoint Group, a Canadian family-owned investment and philanthropic holding structure, as well as the Founder and presently Partner of ARC Financial Corporation, a private equity firm with approximately $6 billion CAD under management. He is known as the Rebel-Investor and is a strong believer in “ethical leadership”. He was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal for his philanthropic contributions, and he is a regular advisor to the Canadian federal government on energy and climate-related issues. Already in our pre-podcast intake call, we ended up in a deep dive into everything between Heaven and Earth. Some of my favorite take-aways from my conversations with Mac are these: He uses intuition in boardrooms by saying, “I don’t know why, but I am uncomfortable with something here, please help me understand,” inviting trust, psychological safety, and opening the door to “the unspoken”, the tacit knowledge the rest of the room is sitting on. Mac also speaks vulnerably about his private life, shaped by seeking meaning and by confronting the WWII trauma in his family history. He shares how “discomfort” has been his greatest teacher throughout life. Interestingly, his father did not speak about that past until he was 85. Mac had been sensing his family’s pain long before the words were ever spoken, which I believe may have sharpened his intuitive gifts over the years. Something had been transmitting meaning and depth through deep silence. And this, maybe most of all, is my biggest take-away and lesson from him: To turn toward discomfort, not away from it. Because, however hard it may be at times, it is in the discomfort where life’s greatest teachings lay hidden. With an enormous amount of respect and gratitude, I would like to invite you to listen to our conversation. I am humbled to have had the opportunity to speak with him. Thank you. Links to Mac and companies About Mac and Viewpoint: ttps://www.macvw.ca/biography-1 [https://www.macvw.ca/biography-1] ARC Financial: https://www.arcfinancial.com/ [https://www.arcfinancial.com/] Viewpoint Investment http://www.viewpointinvestment.ca [http://www.viewpointinvestment.ca] Links to Maurice Decoding Intuition™: https://www.intuitiveleader.net/masterclass [https://www.intuitiveleader.net/masterclass] Community: https://www.intuitiveleader.net/community [https://www.intuitiveleader.net/community] Webinars: https://www.intuitiveleader.net/webinars [https://www.intuitiveleader.net/webinars] Podcast: https://www.intuitiveleader.net/podcast [https://www.intuitiveleader.net/podcast] Email: maurice@intuitiveleader.net [maurice@intuitiveleader.net] Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauricejenkens/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauricejenkens/]

10. The Awakened CEO - Catherine Bell

Who starts a company on her credit card and turns it into one of the fastest-growing firms in Canada? Who walks away from a successful exit not to retire, but to build a movement that treats companies as forces for good? This episode is a conversation with Catherine R. Bell, founder of The Awakened Company and former CEO of Blue Era. Catherine is a multi-company entrepreneur, bestselling author, culture transformer and unapologetic believer that business can -and must- awaken. We talk about the role of intuition in leadership and how “lightning-bolt knowing” shapes the biggest decisions. And also why ignoring your intuition feels like a sinking stone while following it feels like lift and expansion.  Catherine opens up about the risks she took, the failures she learned from, and the inner trust that carried her through building multiple companies while raising a family. It was my good fortune to be able to sit down with her for a candid, energising look at purpose, culture, and the courage to build the world you believe in.  Join in! Links to Catherine, book and company Book: https://www.amazon.ca/Awakened-Company-Catherine-R-Bell/dp/1897238797 [https://www.amazon.ca/Awakened-Company-Catherine-R-Bell/dp/1897238797] Company: https://awakenedcompany.com/ [https://awakenedcompany.com/]  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bellcatherine/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/bellcatherine/] Twitter / X: https://x.com/AwakenedCompany [https://x.com/AwakenedCompany] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/awakenedcompany [https://www.facebook.com/awakenedcompany] Insta: https://www.instagram.com/theawakenedcompany/ [https://www.instagram.com/theawakenedcompany/] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@AwakenedCompany [https://www.youtube.com/@AwakenedCompany] Catherine Bell: https://catherinerbell.com/ [https://catherinerbell.com/] Links to Maurice Community: https://www.intuitiveleader.net/community [https://www.intuitiveleader.net/community] Webinars: https://www.intuitiveleader.net/webinars [https://www.intuitiveleader.net/webinars] Podcast: https://www.intuitiveleader.net/podcast [https://www.intuitiveleader.net/podcast] Email: maurice@intuitiveleader.net [maurice@intuitiveleader.net] Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauricejenkens/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauricejenkens/] MasterClass Decoding Intuition™: https://www.intuitiveleader.net/masterclass [https://www.intuitiveleader.net/masterclass]