Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
1 Hour(s) 48 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
Ahmed Afzaal
Rating
Course Overview
Ten Key Ideas
The Covid-19 pandemic has given all of us a strong taste of uncertainty, drawing our attention to the fact that we are living in an increasingly complex, uncertain, and unpredictable world. To thrive in such a world, we need to think and act in radically different ways. This course introduces ten key ideas that, taken together, form an evidence-based perspective on living with uncertainty.
Course Content
- 11 section(s)
- 40 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Introduction to the Course
- Section 2 Learning
- Section 3 Culture
- Section 4 Assumptions
- Section 5 Sense-Making
- Section 6 Complexity
- Section 7 Habits
- Section 8 Resilience
- Section 9 Change
- Section 10 Review
- Section 11 Prosocial
What You’ll Learn
- How to thrive in an unstable environment, How to lead in ambiguous and uncertain situations, How to make sense of problems & challenges, How to improve decision-making skills
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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AAbdur-Rauf Ahmed
Clear and concise explanation of theory, mostly straightforward to understand. However, there is a dearth of examples of the ideas presented in this course, making it hard to understand some aspects in anything but the abstract. For example, understanding what the hidden assumptions in a culture are/where to find them is an intrinsically difficult task, therefore without examples of these assumptions, it is hard to understand in a tangible way the effectiveness of knowing these hidden assumptions.
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LLaura zeiher
This course was useful and thought provoking. I found myself talking through what I learned with others and thinking through how it applies to the world around us. It left me with ample information as well as the drive to learn more. I hope there is a follow-up course on Prosocial in the near future!
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MMark Volner
Very informative and good illustrations and explanations throughout course.
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RRoy Hammerling
Dr. Ahmed Afzaal’s course is a focused discussion on how to develop our instincts so that we may learn how to deal with or live with uncertainty in life as individuals or groups. As we face unprecedented challenges in an increasingly complex world, he displays how we need to be more adaptive in order to become more resilient. He is clear in his development of his argument and this allows people to apply these ideas easily to their own lives and in community. He breaks down how individuals and groups can deal with change by laying out various aspects of uncertainty and decision making so that we can make informed and helpful choices in the face of complex uncertainty. Ultimately, he shows how we can look at our assumptions and habits of thinking and acting. He demonstrates the importance of flexibility and collaboration and how to achieve helpful change through trusting relationships in an ever-increasing complex world. He also demonstrates how leaders can create and manage culture in a way that is productive and that first of all sets aside unhelpful ways of dealing with uncertainty and then allows appropriate and meaningful change in cultures that are needed for positive engagement with uncertainty.
