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Omni-fear or meta-opportunity? | with Sam Conniff


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Chris and Ian are back in the virtual studio with serial social entrepreneur and purpose-driven pirate Sam Conniff, to explore his new project Uncertainty Experts. Described by Sam as an ‘interactive learning documentary’, their discussions explore the motivations behind his latest venture (with collaborators Katherine Templar Lewis, Dr Avri Bilovich and Dr Vivienne Ming), its inventive design, and Sam’s commitment to academically evaluate its impact.

Uncertainty is arguably at an all time high in modern society, and is typically viewed as a negative and debilitating phenomenon because it triggers reactions of fear, fog and stasis. By developing an understanding of and tolerance to uncertainty, we can improve creativity, productivity and resilience, in effect turning fear into action, fog into adaptability, and stasis into connection. A controlled field study evaluation of the Uncertainty Experts intervention demonstrated positive changes in attitudes and behaviour and practice.

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Learn more💡🤓

  • Uncertainty Experts
  • Be More Pirate
  • Sam Conniff
  • Carleton (2016) paper 'Fear of the unknown: One fear to rule them all?'

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Workplace GeeksBy Chris Moriarty and Ian Ellison