It is shaped by frameworks, strategy, performance metrics and governance structures, but it is also influenced by something far less formal and far more human, intuition. Intuition in leadership is often misunderstood. When intuition is excluded from the conversation, boards may inadvertently constrain innovation and long-term value creation. Organisations that thrive over the long term are those that create space for thoughtful intuition within clear accountability frameworks. The real challenge for modern boards is not whether to trust intuition, but how to recognise when it is grounded in wisdom and when it is not.