Here's what Deloitte thinks smart companies would need to do to deal with VUCA : a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous world:
1 ACCELERATE DISCOVERY.
Today’s organizations must create regular, systematic mechanisms to accelerate the pace at which they discover sources of surprise.
2 Scan Ruthlessly
Any potential source of change won’t be coming with a big sign that says “disruptor.” It won’t be coming from the usual places. And there won’t be just one.
3 Confront Your Biases.
“That will never happen” is the most dangerous phrase in today’s C-Suite.
4 PREPARE FOR SURPRISE.
When an emergent risk turns into a strategic threat, it’s too late to study the problem. You have to respond like a Navy SEAL, with confidence, clarity, and precision.
1 ACCELERATE DISCOVERY.
Today’s organizations must create regular, systematic mechanisms to accelerate the pace at which they discover sources of surprise.
2 Scan Ruthlessly
Any potential source of change won’t be coming with a big sign that says “disruptor.” It won’t be coming from the usual places. And there won’t be just one.
3 Confront Your Biases.
“That will never happen” is the most dangerous phrase in today’s C-Suite.
4 PREPARE FOR SURPRISE.
When an emergent risk turns into a strategic threat, it’s too late to study the problem. You have to respond like a Navy SEAL, with confidence, clarity, and precision.
Seems to be in close alignment with what I had written in the Harvard Business Review and blogged about a few months ago:
.......that most Disruptions can be prevented from having a Big Bang effect by smart companies by:
- early identification of emerging trends
- what-if /SWOT analysis to identify impact on existing business
- identify opportunities to leverage the emerging trend
- get "co-opted" into the evolution process
- ride the evolutionary wave and reap the benefits.
Companies which do not do so will feel the impact of what was actually an evolutionary process as if it was a "Big Bang". Guys who see an oncoming bus and prepare for it can run alongside it a bit and then board it ; guys who are oblivious will be "hit by a bus".