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In the past weeks, I’ve taken us through the VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) world. And I’ve introduced another VUCA to help us navigate: Values, Uplift, Commitment, Action.
The problem is that we might think of “times of change” as individual events. Our objective is to survive each change, then get back to “normal.”
Unfortunately, “normal” is now Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous. Always uncomfortable.
Read the rest of this entry »Several weeks ago I started by talking about what it means to be a leader in a VUCA world. That’s Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous. Something we can all relate to.
I’ve replaced the letters with four key principles which help us to navigate through this instability. V was Values, U was Uplift, C was Commitment, now A is … Action.
Because it’s all just good theory and interesting discussion if it doesn’t turn into action.
Read the rest of this entry »For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been talking about our unstable VUCA world: Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous. I’m replacing each letter with something which helps us to navigate even though we feel uncomfortable.
V was for Values, U was for Uplift, and C is for … Commitment.
Because getting through difficult times takes fortitude. Commitment.
Read the rest of this entry »I started talking last week about the acronym VUCA: Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous. I’m sure we can all relate to how this describes the world that each of our organizations live in.
I’m offering a replacement for VUCA which tells us how to navigate through all this instability. V was for Values, U is for … Uplift.
That’s because one of the biggest issues we’re dealing with is fear and morale.
Read the rest of this entry »In 1987, Warren Bennis and Burt Nanu created the term VUCA to describe the leadership challenges created from a world which was increasingly Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous. It became more popular because the acronym captured some of the tension that people were feeling in many industries and organizations.
There’s no question that most of us are experiencing this.
How do we deal with it? In the coming weeks, I’ll introduce you to a replacement VUCA which leads you to constructive action. It starts with Values.
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The Values-Based Business 