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 ==== VUCA ==== ==== VUCA ====
  
-VUCA is an acronym used to describe or reflect on the volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity of general conditions and situations. The common usage of the term VUCA began in the late 1990s and derives from military vocabulary and has been subsequently used in emerging ideas in strategic leadership that apply in a wide range of organizations, including everything from for-profit corporations to education.+VUCA is an acronym used to describe or reflect on the volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity of general conditions and situations. This might be a useful framework to test resilience of scenarios and prehearsals.  
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 +The common usage of the term VUCA began in the late 1990s and derives from military vocabulary and has been subsequently used in emerging ideas in strategic leadership that apply in a wide range of organizations, including everything from for-profit corporations to education.
  
  
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   * U = Uncertainty. The lack of predictability, the prospects for surprise, and the sense of awareness and understanding of issues and events.   * U = Uncertainty. The lack of predictability, the prospects for surprise, and the sense of awareness and understanding of issues and events.
   * C = Complexity. The multiplex of forces, the confounding of issues and the chaos and confusion that surround an organization.   * C = Complexity. The multiplex of forces, the confounding of issues and the chaos and confusion that surround an organization.
-   * A = Ambiguity. The haziness of reality, the potential for misreads, and the mixed meanings of conditions; cause-and-effect confusion.+  * A = Ambiguity. The haziness of reality, the potential for misreads, and the mixed meanings of conditions; cause-and-effect confusion.
  
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 +==== Further reading ====
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 +google -> VUCA filetype:pdf site:*.mil
  
 [[wp>Volatility,_uncertainty,_complexity_and_ambiguity]] [[wp>Volatility,_uncertainty,_complexity_and_ambiguity]]
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 +see also; [[A GONZO FUTURIST MANIFESTO]]
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