Reframing Uncertainty | Nathan Furr

Do Good To Lead Well with Craig Dowden

How do we plan for success in an uncertain world? How can we reframe uncertainty as opportunity? In this episode, Nathan Furr answers these questions and more.

What You’ll Learn:

1. Four things to do when facing uncertainty.

2. How to build your own ambiguity muscles.

3. Why you need to start with reframing.

4. How stories make our decisions (and how to choose them).

5. How to unpack “the worst case scenario”.

6. How to know what kind of risks YOU are comfortable with.

7. Achieve your values, rather than your goals.

8. How to be your own doula and practice emotional hygiene.

Who is Nathan?

Nathan Furr is a professor of strategy and innovation at INSEAD in Paris. Professor Furr earned his PhD from Stanford University and studies how to get ideas, test ideas, and create a culture of innovation. Nathan co-wrote The Innovator's Method: Bringing the Lean Start-up into Your Organization with Jeff Dyer, and has more recently published The Upside of Uncertainty: A Guide to Finding Possibility in the Unknown with his wife, Susannah Harmon Furr. He has published broadly in Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Forbes, Inc., and several different academic journals. He’s also been nominated for the Thinker's 50 Innovation Award.

Mentions:

The Upside of Uncertainty: A Guide to Finding Possibility in the Unknown by Nathan Furr and Susannah Harmon Furr https://www.amazon.ca/Upside-Uncertainty-Guide-Finding-Possibility/dp/1647823013

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck https://www.amazon.com/Grapes-Wrath-John-Steinbeck/dp/0143039431

Follow Nathan Furr:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-furr-044852/

More of Do Good to Lead Well:

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