It is at this point that Essentials and Essence join hands. What are the Essential steps to be taken in establishing the Essence of Trust?

We are now ready to begin identifying ways in which to best manage polarities associated with Trust. Barry Johnson writes about the “optimization” of polarities.

I describe the nature of a lens through which one can view Essence. In providing this more detailed description, I attend to one of the most important forms of Essence. This is the Essence of Trust.

I focus in this essay on the ways in which turbulence can be transformed to engagement, and contradiction can be transformed to integration.

This essay concerns ways in which contradiction is transformed to prioritization. We can deploy one of two strategies. The first one is often recommended when addressing the challenge of prioritization. It concerns valuing and sequencing. The second is a bit more novel and of more recent origins. It concerns the management of polarities.

In this essay and the next three, I introduce an even more diverse set of strategies and tactics which I believe provide a viable alternative to Serenity as a way in which to cope with pressing VUCA-Plus issues.

I broaden consideration of each VUCA-Plus element—considering the polarities associated with each element. I also introduce the opposite of VUCA-Plus.

There is a big market for cheating in our mid-21st Century world. Frankly, we have all done some cheating in our life. These are what we identify as Soft Cheats—accompanied by Soft Lies. There are of course the Hard Cheats and the Hard Lies. How do we handle soft and hard cheats as coaches?

Both Alpha and Beta offered stability (or at least predictability). Yet, I found both lands to be disturbing. They both challenged my sense of what life should be and how we should engage other members of our society. Perhaps I will find a bit more peace-of-mind in the land of Gamma.

What occurs, when an organizational leader confronts the complexity, unpredictability and turbulence of a postmodern world? I propose that this leader becomes a learner.