the delicious discomfort of not knowing: how to lead effectively through uncertainty
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@neildenny
www.linkedin.com/in/neildenny
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NO DATA
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Alternatively…
1/90th of this presentation will be
dedicated to consideration of statistical analysis.
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We are never more wrong than when we are most right
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If ONLY they would change
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Overprecision
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How many F’s are in the passage below?
“Those of us who focus on issues of fairness too often effect agreement by giving in, instead of first using our powers of persuasion to affect a fair outcome that fully satisfies all of our legitimate interests”
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The greatest lie
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The word `cope’ and the word `change’ are directly opposite not the same
Arrested Development c. 1992
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Let’s talk about sex
Salt ‘n’ Pepa, also c. 1992
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People say they are looking for answers when in reality they are someone to tell them just how
little they have to change
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Strategies for surviving at the edge
…Because that’s where all the interesting stuff happens!
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The Breakthrough Equation
(4X) x E + S1/S2 = BT
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Aversion Therapy
Do more stuff you don’t know• Go to conferences outside of your sector.• Speak at them ;)• Read more books – Where Good Ideas Come
From is a good place to start or revisit• Take up a craft, a new language or instrument• Or (and this one is really easy!)…
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Aversion Therapy
Do more stuff you don’t know• Go to conferences outside of your sector.• Speak at them ;)• Read more books – Where Good Ideas Come
From is a good place to start or revisit• Take up a craft, a new language or instrument• Buy and play a new board game
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Get Artisan
Adopt a mentality of deliberate design.
Connect• External• InternalEmbrace complexity• Manage resistance• Envision successful and temporarily suspend need for
successful outcome• Work with resistance, not against itAutonomy
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‘Neil doesn’t pretend to have all the answers (or any of them necessarily.) He challenges me to be more creative and take greater risks with my own vulnerabilities.’
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I’d love to talk more…
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