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Certain Uncertainty

Leading with Agility and Resilience in an Unpredictable World

Des Dearlove

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John Wiley & Sons Inc
02 May 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.
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Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 231mm,  Width: 163mm,  Spine: 31mm
Weight:   454g
ISBN:   9781394153459
ISBN 10:   1394153457
Pages:   272
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Foreword by Amy Edmondson xi Introduction by Des Dearlove 1 I Future Thinking 5 1 Resilient, Net Positive Leadership 7 Andrew Winston 2 Leading Like a Futurist 15 Lisa Kay Solomon 3 The Privilege of Leadership: A Constant in an Uncertain World 23 Sheree Atcheson 4 Leading from the Future (Not the Past) 31 Terence Mauri 5 Toward Uncertainty Ability: Leading Self and Others to Possibility Beyond the Unknown 41 Nathan Furr and Susannah Harmon Furr II Transformational Leadership 49 6 Leading with the Head and Heart: The Modern Leader Our World Needs Today 51 Kirstin Ferguson 7 The Nine Derailers of Strategy 59 Ben Pring 8 Radical Empathy: How to Craft Effective Communications About Change 71 Tamsen Webster 9 Leading Sustainability Transitions 77 Matt Gitsham 10 Navigating Paradoxes 85 Wendy K. Smith and Marianne W. Lewis 11 The WHY, WHAT, and HOW of Leadership 95 Paul R. Carlile III Organizational Culture 101 12 Developing a Curious Culture at Work 103 Diane Hamilton 13 Is Your Company Alive? 109 Mehran Gul 14 Staying in the Know in Extraordinary Times 115 Maja Korica 15 Stop Quiet Quitting Your Life 123 Ori Brafman and Rom Brafman 16 Policy: The Path to Prevent Burnout 131 Jennifer Moss IV Voices of Difference 139 17 Voices of Difference at Work 141 Megan Reitz 18 Want More Female Leaders? Develop Leadership When It Matters Most 149 Julie Carrier 19 Servant Leadership, Cooperative Advantage, and Social Sustainability 159 Leon C. Prieto and Simone T.A. Phipps 20 Leaders Talk Less and Speak Last 167 Modupe Taylor- Pearce V Talent Magnets 175 21 Deciding Whom to Promote: Beware of “DEIB Debt” 177 Gorick Ng 22 Justice at Work 183 David Liddle 23 Personal Branding in a Creator Economy 191 Kai D. Wright 24 The Need for High Achievers in the Era of Uncertainty 207 Ruth Gotian VI Relationships@work 215 25 Curve Benders: Quality vs. Quantity of Strategic Relationships in the Future of Work 217 David Nour 26 Navigating Ambivalence in Our Professional Relationships 225 Amy Gallo 27 How Leaders Can Help Employees Face Uncertainty 233 Ben Whitter About the Editor 241 Acknowledgments 243 Index 245

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.

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