Do people use uncertainty as an excuse to do nothing in their lives? Is it tempting to say that because uncertainty exists in the world there is no point trying to plan for a future, and so best to do nothing and deal with what comes along? Short answer. Yes! I think one way to look at ...
The history of mankind can be understood through our reactions to complexity in the pre-machine, primitive machine, industrial and information technology eras. In the the pre-machine era, complexity arose from our familiar surroundings and the challenge of feeding, nuturing and protecting ourselves and our groups. The immediacy of these challenges and the limited opportunities or hazards ...
Transform your career by shifting: Shift 11 - From Trust As Control To Trust As Faith There comes a point in all things that really matter in life when trying to exert control is not sufficient. The complexities of the world make it impossible to be any more planned or prepared, there will always be some ...
I want to share a resource I've been working on over the last week called the Edge of Chaos Posters. I've designed a couple of posters that try to illustrate the idea of the relationship between certainty and uncertainty. I decided to select words that in some way illustrate the ideas of certainty and uncertainty, order ...
What does uncertainty mean to you? To many uncertainty is a threat to be avoided or overcome. To others it offers surprise and opportunity. For some it is both of these things depending upon the context. Uncertainty has a love-hate relationship with planning. On the one hand uncertainty is one of the major reasons people make ...
I got a gift from Brené Brown the other day. Actually you could call it a gift squared, because the gift was The Gifts of Imperfection, her popular and really very very good book. Brené, unbeknownst to me, offers prizes for contributions of comments to her blog. My name came out of her Houston Hat, ...
The Chaos Theory of Careers says its all down to chance right? So why do you need a career practitioner if it is all chance? So the logic goes that gives rise to the question and title of this blog. It is a question that I am told was asked at a recent CDAA meeting. Let ...
