Keith Johnston and Jennifer Garvey Berger
Simple Habits for Complex Times
Powerful Practices for Leaders
Stanford UP, 2016
What's inside?
A challenging but convincing prescription for survival in a disruptive, volatile and uncertain world.
Recommendation
Consultants Jennifer Garvey Berger and Keith Johnston present a challenging series of recommendations that will make you think until it hurts. They emphasize that survival and success in a VUCA world – one with volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity – means you have to do what is difficult and often counterintuitive. Read and digest each chapter, reflect on it, discuss it and then move on to the next. In implementing the authors’ ideas, follow their advice: Gather varied perspectives, listen, experiment, learn, adjust and repeat. They show you how to work your way toward an agile, alert and ever-adapting organization.
Summary
About the Authors
Jennifer Garvey Berger and Keith Johnston run a global leadership consultancy from New Zealand. They emphasize organizational readiness for success in a VUCA world.
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how can I prepare myself for volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity with small daily routines and habits?
Stay Informed
Read Daily News
Follow Thought Leaders
Seek Diverse Perspectives
Connect with Others
Break Down Complex Tasks
Prioritize
Use the Pomodoro Technique
Read Widely
Build Resilience
Reflect Daily