A Self-Guided Micro-Course Based on the TRILOGOS Method

Innovation through Intuition

2. February 2026

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Innovation does not always arise from linear analysis or deliberate planning. Some of the most transformative ideas in science, research, and professional practice emerge in moments of intuition—through images, sudden insights, or a quiet inner knowing that opens new perspectives.

Innovation through Intuition is a research-based, self-guided micro-course developed as part of an international research and development project at the University of South-Eastern Norway. The course explores how intuition can be cultivated and applied as a legitimate and meaningful resource in research, development, and innovation processes.

Grounded in the TRILOGOS Method, the micro-course draws on a holistic and dialogical understanding of human development, integrating rational, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of experience. Rather than offering a technical procedure, the course invites participants into a reflective practice that creates space for inner images, symbolic insight, and personal meaning to emerge.

At the heart of the course are five guided imagery exercises, each addressing a central aspect of innovative work—such as developing new ideas, facing challenges, gaining fresh perspectives, identifying inner resources, and taking next steps. Participants are encouraged to relate these intuitive insights to their own academic, professional, or personal projects and to reflect on them in a structured and systematic way.

The publication includes:

  • a theoretical introduction to contemporary contemplative research approaches,
  • five guided imagery exercises (available in both text and audio format),
  • structured evaluation and reflection sheets that support the transfer of insight into practice.

Designed for students, researchers, and practitioners across disciplines, Innovation through Intuition positions itself as a contribution to a humanizing approach to science—one that reconnects knowledge production with creativity, meaning, and inner orientation.

In a time when innovation is often reduced to efficiency and output, this micro-course proposes a complementary perspective: that cultivating intuition is not a departure from rigor, but a deepening of it.