{"id":225580,"date":"2025-11-21T09:02:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T15:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/ursula-eysin-on-uncertainty-and-future-scenarios"},"modified":"2025-11-21T09:02:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T15:02:49","slug":"ursula-eysin-on-uncertainty-and-future-scenarios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/ursula-eysin-on-uncertainty-and-future-scenarios","title":{"rendered":"Ursula Eysin on Uncertainty and Future Scenarios"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/ursula-eysin-on-uncertainty-and-future-scenarios.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>How do we turn uncertainty from a threat into an advantage?<\/p>\n<p>Three years ago, I sat down with someone who has built her entire career around that question: Ursula Eysin, founder of Red Swan and one of the most multidimensional futurists I\u2019ve ever met.<\/p>\n<p>Ursula is a trained ballerina who speaks seven languages, reads chemistry books for fun, mentors startups, and teaches at five universities \u2014 and somehow still finds time to help leaders navigate the unknown with clarity and courage.<\/p>\n<p>In this conversation, we dig into: \u2022 Why predicting the future is a powerless position \u2022 Scenario planning vs. futurism \u2014 and why leaders need both \u2022 How to reframe uncertainty as a strategic asset \u2022 What it truly means to connect as humans in an age of AI \u2022 And why strong, diverse leadership matters more than ever.<\/p>\n<p>My favourite line from Ursula remains razor-sharp:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTurn uncertainty into an advantage. See it as a gift. And connect to other people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re steering a team, a company, or even your own life through volatility, this one is worth your time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/ursula-eysin-on-uncertainty-and-future-scenarios\">Continue reading \u201cUrsula Eysin on Uncertainty and Future Scenarios\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do we turn uncertainty from a threat into an advantage? Three years ago, I sat down with someone who has built her entire career around that question: Ursula Eysin, founder of Red Swan and one of the most multidimensional futurists I\u2019ve ever met. Ursula is a trained ballerina who speaks seven languages, reads chemistry [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":737,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chemistry","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/737"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225580\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}