Navigating Chaos: How to Find Certainty in Uncertain Situations

by Jeff Boss

Jeff Boss has faced and overcome uncertainty in the most tumultuous circumstances. As a Navy SEAL, he worked in some of the most unforgiving environments on earth and faced enemies that constantly changed, much like today's business landscape. In a world of chaos, how do individuals and teams stay together to find certainty in a world where there is anything but? This book reveals how. Using anecdotal experiences from both the military and business worlds, Boss highlights the individual mindsets, team practices, and organizational considerations for how people and companies can forge certainty amidst inevitable chaos.

Genres: Leadership, Business

294 pages, Hardcover

First published July 14, 2015

Reviews

[Fred Leland · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great book

A fantastic book on how to thrive in chaos and uncertainty. Very well written and researched and most importantly backed by experience. The book teaches you how to deal with chaos via individual discipline and developing organizational culture and climate that develops mutual trust through building relationships that share information up down and across all channels which leads to the left hand knowing what the right hand is doing. This leads to building adaptability at the lowest level, those closest to the action. Using tools such as after action reviews and simply getting people out of their solos so information is shared collaboratively allows organizations to build that team spirit that allows them to work together in the complex and rapidly changing world we live in. Examples from not only the SEAL Teams but private and public organizations as well. I loved the book!

[Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve already read this once and am now Re-reading it as part of a leadership book club. I’ve used the teaching many times over and cant wait to discuss this with friends so that they can take what Jeff has to teach and apply to their daily lives.

[Joshua Key · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good information and perspectives, interesting stories, but the book probably could have been 100 pages shorter, he repeated the same thing over and over. Still glad I read it.