tags: #publish links: [[Management]], [[Organisation Change Management]] created: 2021-10-27 Wed --- # Volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volatility,_uncertainty,_complexity_and_ambiguity Some dimensions for analysing a situation, or the impact of change: - V = **Volatility**: speed / gnarliness of change / propensity to change - U = **Uncertainty**: surprise, inability to predict, awareness/understanding - C = **Complexity**: complexity and interaction of environment, forces and situation; chaos! with no cause and effect - A = **Ambiguity**: clarity, legibility, mixed meanings, cause-and-effect confusion Origin: US Army late 1980s, mainstream in 2000's. See also: [[Shape, size, risk of organisation design experiments]]