Andrea Small - Navigating Ambiguity: Creating Opportunity in a World of Unknowns

Published: July 26, 2022, 11 a.m.

b'Andrea Small is a design leader, strategist, educator, and former Stanford University d.school teaching fellow. We discuss her book Navigating Ambiguity. Creating Opportunity in a World of Unknowns. The timing is perfect for this book \\u2014 as many of us personally, professionally and in the world at large are dealing with unknowns. \\nShe shares the differences between ambiguity and uncertainty\\u2026and how we can embrace the discomfort of the unknown to create new, innovative, and creative possibilities. She invites us to lean into \\u2018not knowing\\u2019, to be more open to being surprised. \\nThe inside cover of the book says it perfectly \\u2018 The book shows you how to surrender control by being adaptable, curious, and unbiased as well as resourceful, tenacious, and courageous. \\nThis book has a lot to teach us beyond its original intention for design and education. These ideas and concepts can be applied to various challenges as we go through our lives.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'