Unleash Your Complexity Genius: Growing Your Inner Capacity to Lead

There is a complexity paradox that we all need to understand. We humans have a natural inclination towards connection, engagement, and creativity - all necessary skills to thrive in complexity. The problem is that the stress caused by uncertainty and ambiguity makes it difficult to tap into this inclination when we need it the most. This book offers a set of practices that help you not only understand complexity but actually hack into your own nervous system to bring your natural capacities back online. By paying close attention to your body, redefining your emotional experiences, and connecting more deeply to others, you can transform the anxiety, exhaustion, and overwhelm that complexity creates. Better still, as you unleash your natural complexity genius, you create the conditions for those around you to flourish in an uncertain world.

Jennifer Garvey Berger is Chief Cultivating Officer and Founder, Cultivating Leadership, a consultancy that serves executives and executive teams in the private, non-profit, and government sectors. Her clients include, for example, Google, Microsoft, Novartis, Wikipedia, and Oxfam International. She is the author of Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps; Changing on the Job: Developing Leaders for a Complex World. Carolyn Coughlin is Board Co-Chair and Founder, Cultivating Leadership. She has been an executive coach, facilitator, and leadership development specialist for over 15 years.