Certain Uncertainty: Leading with Agility and Resilience in an Unpredictable World

  • 3h 51m
  • Des Dearlove
  • John Wiley & Sons (US)
  • 2023

Improve your ability to adapt to an increasingly unpredictable world

In Certain Uncertainty, renowned management theorist Des Dearlove delivers an exciting and illuminating discussion of how to build resilience and agility into our lives and businesses. As rapid and foundational change becomes ever more constant, a state of constant disruption increasingly becomes our new normal. Certain Uncertainty collects advice and fresh thinking from accomplished business leaders to help managers and executives navigate contemporary markets.

In the book, you’ll find:

  • Ways to structure your business to better respond to constant fluidity and change
  • Discussions of why the concepts of economic and social certainty were always largely illusory
  • Strategies for embracing forward-looking humility that acknowledges uncertainty about what lies around the next corner
  • Thought-provoking insights from leading business experts including Sheree Atcheson, Ori Brafman, Rom Brafman, Paul R. Carlile, Julie Carrier, Kirstin Ferguson, Nathan Furr, Susannah Harmon Furr, Amy Gallo, Matt Gitsham, Ruth Gotian, Mehran Gul, Diane Hamilton, Maja Korica, Marianne W. Lewis, David Liddle, Terence Mauri, Jennifer Moss, Gorick Ng, David Nour, Simone T.A. Phipps, Leon C. Prieto, Ben Pring, Megan Reitz, Wendy K. Smith, Lisa Kay Solomon, Modupe Taylor-Pearce, Tamsen Webster, Ben Whitter, Andrew Winston, and Kai D. Wright

An engaging and insightful exploration of a dynamic and ambiguous world that’s increasingly full of surprises, Certain Uncertainty will earn a place on the bookshelves of business leaders, entrepreneurs, and visionaries seeking ways to adapt to a world in which sameness and certainty are relics of the past.

About the Author

DES DEARLOVE is a British business journalist and management theorist known for his expertise in the evolution of management ideas and thought leadership. He is Co-founder of Thinkers50, the influential global ranking of management thinkers.

In this Book

  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Resilient, Net Positive Leadership
  • Leading Like a Futurist
  • The Privilege of Leadership—A Constant in an Uncertain World
  • Leading from the Future (Not the Past)
  • Toward Uncertainty Ability—Leading Self and Others to Possibility Beyond the Unknown
  • Leading with the Head and Heart—The Modern Leader Our World Needs Today
  • The Nine Derailers of Strategy
  • Radical Empathy—How to Craft Effective Communications About Change
  • Leading Sustainability Transitions
  • Navigating Paradoxes
  • The WHY, WHAT, and HOW of Leadership
  • Developing a Curious Culture at Work
  • Is Your Company Alive?
  • Staying in the Know in Extraordinary Times
  • Stop Quiet Quitting Your Life
  • Policy—The Path to Prevent Burnout
  • Voices of Difference at Work
  • Want More Female Leaders? Develop Leadership When It Matters Most
  • Servant Leadership, Cooperative Advantage, and Social Sustainability
  • Leaders Talk Less and Speak Last
  • Deciding Whom to Promote—Beware of “DEIB Debt”
  • Justice at Work
  • Personal Brand Building in a Creator Economy
  • The Need for High Achievers in the Era of Uncertainty
  • Curve Benders—Quality vs. Quantity of Strategic Relationships in the Future of Work
  • Navigating Ambivalence in Our Professional Relationships
  • How Leaders Can Help Employees Face Uncertainty
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