You can thrive in VUCA environments says Ebony Smith

Heard of VUCA environments? They’re ones with volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. So pretty much every single organization and system in our unstable world right now.

It’s easy to feel overwhelmed and unprepared in the face of this. But according to Ebony Smith, there’s an antidote to these stressful environments. If we choose to think about VUCA as vision, understanding, clarity, and agility, we can take control.

In this latest episode of People at Work, Ebony explains what VUCA environments feel like and explores what the antidote looks like in practice. She also has suggestions for individual actions needed to thrive.

By using technology to cleverly engage and mobilize, practicing individual self-care that keeps you sharp and engaged, and finding undervalued surge capacity in your team, leaders can proceed sure-footed even when things feel shaky.