The Upside of Turbulence: Seizing Opportunities in an Uncertain World 🔗

Introduction

Turbulence, in all its manifestations, is on the rise. Financial markets gyrate—commodity prices zig and zag. New technology disrupts long-standing businesses and entire industries. Scientific discoveries overturn historical truisms. Dirty bombs and pension busts, natural diseases, and COVID pandemics add to the tumult. We live in a world beset by turbulence. Businesses often respond to turbulence by accelerating activities that worked in the past. We lapse into inertia when we should adapt with agility, and we cling to rigid dogmas when we should improvise. This workshop draws lessons from companies that have consistently spotted and exploited opportunities that rivals have missed. This workshop also provides practical tools, which have been field-tested by executives worldwide, to wrestle triumph out of turmoil.