This leap may be intentional, or it may be a smooth movement of mind from one level of experiencing to another, or it may materialize as a surprise.
Albert Einstein recognized a difference between innovative and intuitive creativity, and chose to identify and to point to intuition as the source of new knowledge. He clearly leapt and then expressed;
“The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery. There comes a leap in consciousness, call it intuition or what you will, and the solution comes to you, and you do not know how or why.”
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/101943-the-intellect-has-little-to-do-on-the-road-to
That’s what I am talking about: “the solution comes to you” after “a leap in consciousness.” Einstein describes an attribute of this elusive, this intangible process. The leap is taken when you feel, when you intuit, that some action is appropriate, yet not necessarily when the feeling is backed up by reason, that is, by reasoned reasons. You begin with small steps, small leaps, consciously feeling or listening for connectedness along the way. Appropriateness may not be backed up by rationally convincing evidence. Your leap may be empowered by previous, positively related experiences that were felt to be a result of intuited based actions.