Navigating and thriving through uncertainty

You cannot achieve a breakthrough, change, or transformation unless you are willing to take a risk and step into the unknown. Uncertainty is part of any form of improvement; however, people tend to avoid uncertainty as much as possible.

Luckily, there is much you can do to make uncertainty more bearable for yourself (and your teams). According to Susannah Harmon Furr and Nathan Furr (authors of the science-backed guide for navigating and thriving through uncertainty), uncertainty is a muscle that you can train.

By deliberately exposing yourself to new experiences (even small ones, like cycling a different way to work, having lunch with other people than normally, etc.), you can become more comfortable with the unfamiliar. These types of activities stimulate the muscle of adaptability, preparing you for larger uncertainties that life may throw your way.

Coping with change is all about training yourself to trust that you can cope with uncertainty and feel that whenever there is uncertainty, you’ll be able to cope with it. What small activities can you think of to support yourself and your colleagues in coping with future changes as well?