In Uncertain Times, Ask These Questions Before You Make a Decision

In Uncertain Times, Ask These Questions Before You Make a Decision

In today’s perma-crisis world, waiting for stability is like waiting for a train that’s never coming. When everything around you feels unsteady, four questions can serve as strategic tools to help you work through ambiguity, reframe risk, and strengthen your decision-making muscles: 1) What decision today will still make sense a year from now? 2) If a year from now this decision was used as an example of our leadership, what would it teach? 3) W…

Scenario planning for people leaders in uncertain times

One of our current obsessions is how to be an excellent people leader in times of uncertainty such as now. The reasons people might be unsettled probably don’t require much enumeration, but they include a potential recession, the White House’s hard-line stance on immigration and diversity, and, of course, potential job loss from AI. We’re focused on what has worked in similar moments in history to support business performance, and we’re looking …