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Uncertainty Deconstructed: A Guidebook for Decision Support Practitioners (Science, Technology and Innovation Studies) by Bruce Garvey, Dowshan Humzah, Storm Le Roux is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This book argues that uncertainty is not really uncertainty at all but just demonstrates a lack of vision and willingness to think about the unthinkable – good and bad. The task of accepting that uncertainty is about exploring the possible, rather than the impossible has to be taken on board by strategists, policy developers, and political leaders, if we are to meet the challenges that an ever changing world is throwing at us. The term “unknown – unknowns” is ubiquitous, albeit the vast majority of future uncertain events do not fall into this category. However, it has been used to absolve decision makers from criticism post-event, whereas poor foresight is the prime culprit and that most future uncertainties are “known-unknowns” or “inevitable surprises”. This re-positioning of uncertainties can help mitigate the impact of such risks through better foresight aware contingency planning. The enemy is not uncertainty itself but our lack of imagination when trying to visualize the future – we need to transform our behaviour. To better understand uncertainty we have to deconstruct it and get to grips with its component parts. Three main questions are posed and practical approaches pres

Who reads Uncertainty Deconstructed: A Guidebook for Decision Support Practitioners (Science, Technology and Innovation Studies)?

Author

Bruce Garvey, Dowshan Humzah, Storm Le Roux

Publisher

Springer International Publishing AG

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9783031080067

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Business, Management, Computer Science