2019 AINx Talks - Victoria Hogg: A New V.U.C.A.: Be Positive, Be Prepared What is V.U.C.A?
Channel: Applied Improvisation Network
Date: 2019-12-20

The recently-popular business acronym, V.U.C.A., invites all manner of organisations to be mindful of specific business-world pinch points. Coined by the US army in the 1980s, V.U.C.A. this sensible term stands for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity. This is so negative, however, that it can stop people from using such a scaffolding to their advantage. So what happens when we put the term through a more positive, improvisational filter? I’ve created: Versatility, Uniqueness, Clarity and Commitment and Accept and Build, as a similarly robust yet more positive template. When used through an improv comedy prism, can this acronym help navigate contemporary cultural issues, such as anxiety and depression, to create a more fully-formed, long-lasting resilience?

2019 AIN Conference at Stony Brook