{"id":15655,"date":"2020-08-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/enterprises-to-embrace-uncertainty-alleviate-anxiety\/"},"modified":"2020-08-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T05:00:00","slug":"enterprises-to-embrace-uncertainty-alleviate-anxiety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/enterprises-to-embrace-uncertainty-alleviate-anxiety\/","title":{"rendered":"Enterprises: to Embrace Uncertainty, Alleviate Anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With advanced technology, complex workflows and comprehensive policies dominating the work landscape, it is difficult — but vital — to remember that in essence enterprises are not made of artificial things. They are made of real people. And that is why any attempt to embrace uncertainty must focus on alleviating the very human reason why so many otherwise bold and unflinching people resist rather than welcome the unfamiliar: anxiety.<\/p>\n

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Indeed, numerous studies<\/a> have confirmed that when the future is unknown, most people have an automatic tendency to fill in the gaps with negative simulations. On an individual level, this unchecked anxiety leads to a range of problems and disorders. On an organizational level, this leads to toxic workplaces (including virtual versions) where the sense of trepidation is palpable. It is a level of chronic unease that one can instantly and unmistakable “feel” in their bones.<\/p>\n

With this in mind, the message here isn’t to try and eliminate anxiety altogether. Research<\/a> has found that some forms of anxiety can actually be beneficial. For example, the thoughts and emotions triggered by so-called “healthy anxiety” can encourage contingency planning, which may ultimately prevent problems from becoming catastrophes. It can also prevent confident people (“I believe in myself”) from crossing the line into becoming arrogant people (“I’m always right”).<\/p>\n

Rather, the idea is for organizations to find ways to alleviate extreme and ultimately destructive anxiety across their workforce, so that their people can truly embrace uncertainty. Here are three guiding strategies that connect to this uplifting objective:<\/p>\n

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