Uncertainty makes us uncomfortable. Yet the research is clear: It is essential for growth. The challenge isn’t eliminating ambiguity but learning to navigate it.

Evaluation of accuracy (trueness) in a normal environment includes the three errors of sensitivity, linearity, and eccentricity, and the acceptance criterion, 0.10%, according to the error propagation ...

Ian Scoones was a recipient of a European Research Council Advanced Grant for the PASTRES project - Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Resilience: Global Lessons from the ...

If my three-decade journey in the corporate world has taught me anything, it’s that in business, as in life, the only certainty is uncertainty. In the past 20 years, periods of upheaval, from ...

The world economy has proven more resilient than many feared. The nightmare of an all-out trade war has so far been averted, as has a global recession. Businesses are adapting to trade disruption.

Major policy shifts this year have been adding to unknowns about the future and policy decisions, according to our World Uncertainty Index, which has doubled since January. Uncertainty has surged to ...

Each weekday, in our Management Tip of the Day newsletter, HBR offers tips to help you better manage your team—and yourself. Here is a curated selection of our favorite Management Tips on leading ...

Tingrei Tan receives funding from Australian Research Council, US Office of Naval Research, US Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Wellcome Leap. Christophe Valahu receives funding from ...

Uncertainty seems to be everywhere right now. Uncertainty about the economy, politics, careers, weather, and wars, to name just a few. Doubt sets in anytime we face a decision with incomplete or ...

Amid a shifting tariff landscape, executives of many of America’s largest corporations are becoming more conservative in providing updates to their management outlook, with some lowering their ...

Isabel O’Brien is an experienced business journalist who specializes in private equity, infrastructure, and financial misconduct. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, ...

Economic uncertainty—the kind that dominated headlines for the first half of 2025—makes long-term financial planning difficult. But nearly two in three college and university chief business officers ...