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4 TIPS FOR NAVIGATING AMBIGUITY

Ambiguity makes people uncomfortable—it’s a fear amplifier. The pace of change is rapid, disruption is coming from many directions, and what worked in the past no longer works. New technologies, global competition, radical changes in long-standing business models, and policy shifts are rampant. Meanwhile, the challenges we face in every direction—healthcare, education, finance, and beyond—are more complex than ever. And yet, you can’t plan your way forward the way you could in the past.

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Life is full of adventure, trauma, love, sadness, joy, and stress. It can be great or terrible. There will be ups and downs. But a lot of it depends on you and the choices you make. A life strategy will not only guide you but also build your resilience so that you can better recover from missteps.
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Undertake a focused discipline of curiosity. Let go of assumptions and deliberately observe. Use your senses to intimately explore context, culture, meanings, and behaviors to enrich your understanding. Allow yourself and your team to be puzzled and surprised by things you took for granted.

Why Generating Insights is an Important Skill “Undertake a focused discipline of curiosity.” —Jane Fulton Suri, IDEO Partner Emeritus & Executive Design Director Insights for Innovation instructors Coe Leta Stafford and Jane Fulton Suri have over 40 years of combined experience helping companies surface human-centered insights at the ...

Forerunner Ventures, the female-founded VC firm, is famous for identifying breakout brands. It has funded some of the most iconic consumer brands of the internet era, from Warby Parker to Glossier to Away.

Forerunner is offering a free tool that companies of all sizes can use to assess how consumers perceive their brand. The Brand Power Score allows brands to survey a broad swath of consumers—including customers and non-customers—along six dimensions, resulting in a quantifiable score that shows how impactful a brand really is. The goal is to give brands specific feedback about where they might need to work harder to strengthen aspects of their business.

How powerful is your brand? The VC firm behind Warby Parker & Glossier made a new tool to tell you Forerunner Ventures is launching the Brand Power Score to help companies assess how impactful their brands is.

By creating content that prioritizes creativity, you can make every piece of content you produce a beautiful, rich story that captivates your readers and immerses them in your products, your organization, and your core values...

How to Put Creativity at the Center of Your Content Marketing Constant creativity can lead to burnout. Learn what it means to be creative and 3 strategies to help you stay ahead of the competition in our latest blog post.