Stop, Ask, Explore Learn to Navigate Change in Times of Uncertainty Joan P. Ball, reviewed

We look at this book by Joan Ball. You can see more about Stop, Ask, Explore, Learn to Navigate Change in Times of Uncertainty on the Kogan Page website here.

Stop, Ask, Explore Learn to Navigate Change in Times of Uncertainty Joan P. Ball, reviewed

This is a relevant book for sure. The world navigates two years of a global pandemic, only to then find that Russia wants to start world war three on the spurious pretext of denazifying Ukraine and their Jewish premier – yes it is a crazy premise for sure. This book was  naturally written before that particular war broke out, but you can see where the author is coming from.

Is it even possible to navigate chaos? How on earth do you do that? The authors have chosen a challenging, but relevant topic to tackle. We enjoyed their attempt to come up with solutions and strategies, though some might it is like trying to pin jelly to the wall. Even so it is no harm to at least be prepared and able to adapt and deal with uncertainly, change and messy situations.

This book is thought provoking, some of the solutions might even be helpful, and, in this day and age, we all probably need as many tools in our toolbox as possible. We will probably see more and more books like this, but this one has certainly appeared at and apt and relevant time for us all.

More about Joan P. Ball

Joan P. Ball is a tenured associate professor of Marketing at St. Johns University in New York City, a researcher and a leadership coach. Joan works with emerging and established leaders to help them learn to navigate flux, build resilience and develop an experimental mindset when faced with tricky transitions. She is the founder of WOMB Service Design Lab, a research consultancy where she works with individuals, teams and organizations to develop new tools and approaches to help leader navigate uncertain transitions and teach others to do the same. She has worked with people and teams at companies like Verizon Media, Capital One, Herman Miller, and New York City’s Centre for Social Innovation.

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