VUCA, Coronavirus, and Tools for Human Experience Leadership

Published: March 12, 2020, 11 a.m.

For years now, I have been equating leadership with managing in a VUCA world.\nWhile the acronym VUCA has origins in Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus\u2019 1985 book titled\xa0Leaders \u2013 The Strategies for Taking Charge, the first use of the acronym occurred a couple of years later in Army War College documents. As you likely know, VUCA refers to navigating a world replete with:\nVolatility\nUncertainty\nComplexity, and\nAmbiguity\nIn continuation of my series on leading transformational human experiences in uncertain times, I\u2019ve been struck by how well VUCA describes the challenges that leaders face in the context of the coronavirus.