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Deep questions: What diving teaches us about uncertainty and risk

Chartered Management Institute

In all sectors, tensions exist between competing pressures such as resources, finance, time and workload. Ultimately, it’s about how to shrink that level of uncertainty to something we are confident we can deal with, or at least fail safely if we can’t control it. I don’t talk about risk management, I talk about uncertainty management.

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Eight Communication Traps That Foil Innovation

Harvard Business Review

The complexity and uncertainty of forging new ground makes it easy to get lost. Use skits, storyboards, and films to develop customer personas and scenarios. Don't lose sight of the horizon. Make thinking visible to help teams stay on track and reinforce their goals.

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Many Companies Still Don’t Know How to Compete in the Digital Age

Harvard Business Review

Kodak accepted the pain of shuttering plants and laying off tens of thousands of film-factory workers. From finance and manufactured goods to farms and pharmacy, the digital revolution enabled by sensors, connectivity, and distributed intelligence will upend competitive positions and strategies across the ecosystem. 3 globally).