How To Answer The Unanswerable Question With Ron Carucci, Prolific HBR Contributor

We Will Get Through This

You know me well enough to know that I love a good question.

But there are times, particularly in a crisis, when the questions you’re being asked feel impossible to answer. They ask for certainty and reassurance that you’re just not able to give. In that moment, you feel anxiety and uncertainty. What do you say to the unanswerable question?

Ron Carucci has a suggestion. He is co-founder and managing partner at Navalent, and works with CEOs and executives pursuing transformational change for their organizations, leaders, and industries. He is the author of 8 books, a relentless contributor to the Harvard Business Review, and a two-time TEDx speaker.

In our conversation we talk about the power of knowing you don’t know; when the best answer is sometimes another question; the somatic wisdom of your body; and how grace can be a guiding principle when you don’t know what to do.

You can meet Ron at www.navalent.com, read his many articles on HBR, and connect on Twitter at @RonCarucci.

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