It’s the ‘Do you have five minutes?’ message from your boss. The ‘We need to chat’ from a loved one. Those spiralling thoughts at 3 am and buzz of yet another breaking news alert. The potential coming waves of AI, climate change and unstable governments. For most of us, uncertainty is paralysing. But learning to navigate it effectively means more confidence, less anxiety and deeper connection with others. The Uncertainty Toolkit is a pioneering, evidence-based guide to doing just that. Drawing on the world’s most extensive study into ‘uncertainty tolerance’, led with professors from University College London, it explains the science behind how we cope with the unknown. This research is combined with the radical expertise of an unlikely group of experts – former addicts, hostages, gangland bosses and prisoner – who’ve turned their experience of extreme uncertainty into major mainstream success. The result is a detailed, practical blueprint that will help anyone turn unpredictability into personal and professional growth.
Review
A fantastic dive into exploring how to handle the uncertain world that surrounds us. A self-help book that feels like a breathless, exciting chat with friends' -- Bruce Daisley, author of #1 bestselling The Joy of Work, plus Fortitude and Eat, Sleep, Work, Repeat 'A wonderful, extraordinary experiment' -- Sue Perkins 'Uncertainty is key to understanding the past and the future, and the tools in this book could help a lot of people' -- Dan Snow 'If you want to feel energised and informed about a topic that feels incredibly important right now, read this book and then pass it to a friend' -- Emma Gannon
About the Author
Katherine Templar Lewis is a cognitive scientist, neuroscience consultant and science communicator. Affiliated with several top academic institutions, Katherine helps scientists find innovative real-world applications for their work and translates cutting-edge research into the public domain. She teaches at UCL and Goldsmiths University, and often appears as an expert across media channels, including Sky, BBC, NBC, The TODAY show, and Radio 4 and contributes to a range of magazines including VICE and HuffPost. Sam Conniff is an author, speaker and the founder of award-winning socially responsible creative agency Livity. Sam was the author of the international bestseller Be More Pirate (Penguin Random House UK; Simon and Schuster US, 2018). Winner of Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year and a Big Society Award, Sam has worked with numerous companies, including Channel 4, Google and Barclays. Together, Sam and Katherine created The Uncertainty Experts, an interactive digital self-development experience that brings together neuroscientists from UCL with producers from Netflix. They live in London.
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