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Future Here Now: Constructive Uncertainty

Managing Ground Conditions

Della Rucker
Mar 12, 2024
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I am in the middle of a batch of strategic planning for about everything I work with, so it was serendipitous to find this year-old piece from Stowe Boyd, who I think is one of the best business-related writers around today. He hits the challenges of Fusion era strategic planning right on the nose:

One aspect of contemporary emotional maturity is to accept the state of not knowing. Not having a quick answer for complex questions. Being willing to admit being confused by new situations, or rapid changes in the context we are living and working in. Remaining open to spending more time listening to alternative viewpoints before shutting down gathering inputs. These are all aspects of constructive uncertainty, a term I learned from Howard Ross: "Learning to slow down decision-making.”

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