Mastering Uncertainty: 1: in Leadership Innovation & Strategy (Mastering Uncertainty: in Leadership Innovation & Strategy, Band 1) - Softcover

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In an increasingly uncertain world your ability to deal effectively with ambiguity is essential. If you want that better job or increased responsibility, the amount of ambiguity you will encounter will increase to a point where you will hit an important threshold. You won't realise there is an ambiguity ceiling till you have gone through it or have confronted it. Unless you find a way of coming to terms with prolonged uncertainty it will adversely effect your decisions and your behaviour. Different ways of thinking and behaving are required above the ambiguity ceiling. In order to master uncertainty you will need an above average repertoire of tools as well as a willingness to reflect and learn. 'Mastering Uncertainty' is packed with pragmatic ideas, insights, experiences and guidelines. Many of the ideas are original and are backed up by practitioner experience and insights from successful executives. Original Themes and Ideas: Reid's Reality Funnel, The 'Ambiguity Ceiling' - It can shape your choices and your career, Mono Kog (TM)and PolyKog (TM), Igloo Thinking, Minimal Groups, A Working Philosophy, Anchors, Bubble Thinking, Split Ying Yang, Onion Map, Sedimentation, Intellectual food chains, Innovation food chains, George Ainslie's 'Internal Marketplace', The Value of Niggles, Andrew Griffiths 'Coral Curve' (TM), Carter's Volatility Curve, Passion AND Patience at Dow Corning, IBM's Creative Leadership, Ove Arups Key Speech, The Ambiguity Architect (R), And lots more. By adjusting your tolerance for uncertainty you can make better decisions AND improve the way you behave. By adopting a variety of techniques and suggestions you can overcome what would usually be an impulsive reaction and choose a wiser alternative. This book provides an insight as to where your boundaries are along with a number of tools and practitioner examples to help you perform at a higher level. Previous Books by this author: How To Think (2002) Prentice Hall (Printed in 5 languages) High Performance Thinking Skills. (2006) 82 Thinking Tools

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