S10-Ep28: How Leaders Thrive through Rapid Change - with Chris Nolan & Mike Schindler

Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future

Guests: Chris Nolan, Director/Writer, & Michael Schindler, Writer/Exec. Producer, It’s VUCA documentary

Do you face uncertainty with fear…or with confidence?

In the 1980s, the US military began developing the concept of VUCA: ways to deal with Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity. Today, as change happens at an exponentially accelerating pace, anti-fragility is a key concept in not just surviving, but thriving through the chaos.

VUCA experts and documentarians Chris Nolan and Mike Schindler join host Maureen Metcalf in this episode to discuss the details of anti-fragility, and the ways you can adopt this mindset for your own success.

Here's what Chris, Mike, and Maureen cover:

1. Why it’s natural to react to all this volatility with anxiety…and how you can choose not to;
2. The three anti-fragile disciplines you can employ right now; and
3. The BRING IT ON tool, and why it works so effectively!

Binge listen to our VUCA miniseries:

• Facing Uncertainty: It’s VUCA with Chris Nolan
• Expecting the Unexpected: VUCA in Action at Red Roof with George Limbert
• Using Storytelling to Elevate (VUCA) Leadership with Chris Nolan
• The Rise of Humanness (The Role of People in an AI World) with Chris Nolan & Michael Schindler

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RESOURCES:

You can learn more about VUCA on several websites, including: https://itsvuca.com and https://itsvucamax.com.

The It’s VUCA documentary can be rented on Amazon at https://bit.ly/ItsVUCA. And you can pre-order their book, The Rise of Humanness, on their website: https://itsvuca.com/pre-order-the-book.

And if you’d like to check out Mike’s podcast for veterans, pop over to Podbean at https://themilitarywire.podbean.com.

Our host Maureen Metcalf posts a newsletter every week on LinkedIn. You can subscribe here.

Maureen’s latest book is Innovative Leadership & Followership in the Age of AI. The audiobook version is available now at https://amzn.to/3Vko2IW. Her other 10 books are available on Amazon here.

Books we’re reading for fun or personal development right now include:

• Everyday Ubuntu: Living Better Together, the African Way by Mungi Ngomane. Hardback (https://amzn.to/48Doh6j) and audiobook (https://amzn.to/48YCRF4)
• Nerve: Lessons on Leadership from Two Women Who Went First by Martha Piper & Indira Samarasekera. Paperback (https://amzn.to/3tOtzg4) and audiobook (https://amzn.to/41OYdT5)
• Jilly Truit murder mysteries by Beverley McLachlin:
  • Full Disclosure – https://amzn.to/46TxW6Q (paperback) https://amzn.to/46VDL3Q (audiobook)
  • Denial – https://amzn.to/46YCbhs (paperback) https://amzn.to/3GJc0AA (audiobook)
• Women and Leadership: Journey Toward Equity by Sherylle J. Tan & Lisa DeFrank-Cole

NOTE: As an Amazon partner, we may make a small commission from books you buy through these links.

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OUR PODCAST TEAM:

Host & Executive Producer: Maureen Metcalf

Editor & Executive Producer: Dan Mushalko

Video & Graphics Editor: Devon Mushalko

Assistant Editor & Raconteur: Luigi Morelli

Always Cool and Confident: Jenna Reik

Theme Music by Pavel Bekirov from Pixabay.

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About Our Guests:

Chris Nolan, multi-Emmy Award-winning writer-director, author, story guru, and change consultant, and Mike Schindler, writer, host/co-executive producer, Award-winning author, Navy Veteran, and host of The Military Wire Podcast, and one of the nation’s foremost experts on veteran issues and individual/team leadership, teamed up to co-write and produce the groundbreaking documentary IT’S VUCA: The Secret to Living in the 21st Century, which features 17 of America’s top thought leaders, best-selling authors, and military experts who reveal the little-known practices used by Zen Masters, elite military teams, Olympic athletes, and the top 1% of companies to OVERCOME UNCERTAINTY, improve mental and emotional well-being, and achieve personal and professional success.