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  • Johansen, also a corporate consultant, was brought in from California by LSU's Center for Computation & Technology to talk about leadership skills for the future and how emerging technologies will change daily life in what he calls a "VUCA" world.

    2theadvocate.com Latest News 2009

  • Executive Intelligence External Business Intelligence Contextual Intelligence - Increasing global competition - "VUCA" world Focus - Ratcheting customer & capital - Time compression market demands Level Micro Macro Inner / Inter Personal Intelligence Organizational Intelligence

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • In today's climate of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity the "VUCA world" that the futurist Bob Johansen explores in Leaders Make the Future, they matter even more.

    Owners Or Renters: Which Is Your Workforce? 2011

  • In today's climate of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity the "VUCA world" that the futurist Bob Johansen explores in

    Forbes.com: News John Ryan 2011

  • One thing that is in a VUCA world, clarity is often rewarded.

    2theadvocate.com Latest News 2009

  • Or, if the problem is really VUCA, look for a BSO and enjoy yourself.

    Campanastan 2008

  • Or, if the problem is really VUCA, look for a BSO and enjoy yourself.

    Campanastan 2008

  • So the next time you are dealing with a VUCA problem, beware the BSOs.

    Campanastan 2008

  • So the next time you are dealing with a VUCA problem, beware the BSOs.

    Campanastan 2008

  • "Moreover, volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA) impacts all we do.

    eLearn Magazine 2009

  • VUCA is an acronym—first used in 1987—to describe or to reflect on the volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity of general conditions and situations;[1] drawing on the leadership theories of Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus.

    Volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity - Wikipedia Contributors to Wikimedia projects 2023

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  • an acronym used as shorthand for the volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity of large-scale conditions or situations. First used in post-Cold War geopolitics discourse, and later in general studies of strategic leadership.

    January 14, 2021