The threats of the 21st century are real – environmental, economic and social. It’s a challenging reality for everyone and it puts an even heavier burden on the shoulders of those who are in leadership. When faced with what feels like unprecedented uncertainty, how can leaders get a grip? How can they exercise any form […]
Understanding Uncertainty and Systemic Risk in Organizations
If we could predict the outcome of everything we do with mathematical certainty, then our lives would be much simpler. In reality, we exist within a complex web of interdependencies and such certainty is not possible. Hence, we live with uncertainty and its inevitable companion: risk. We perceive a risk any time we feel that […]
Uncertainty and Choice: Quantum Mechanics for Leaders and Managers
A recent article in ‘Scientific American’ has been getting some attention called ‘Quantum Epistemology for Business’. As two of our partners are physicists we have to have our say so here’s our blog post about business and quantum mechanics, by Dr. Giovanni Siepe. Let’s be honest with ourselves: we don’t like uncertainty and we don’t […]
