The Uncertainty Mindset 2019-2020

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hiring

Vaughn Tan3rd January 2021 at 1:18pm

The processes by which new members are brought into a group (such as an organization. Conventional hiring processes are totally unsuited for uncertainty. In this newsletter I often advocate for negotiated joining instead, a process that uses open-ended roles as a forcing function for creating more innovative teams that are also more adaptable, and resilient to uncertain futures.

See also: amorphous organization, design, open-endedness, routines, teams, the work of uncertainty, voluntary uncertainty.