The First Move: How People Lean Into Uncertainty
Exploring the instinctive pathways that guide leaders’ first moves in uncertainty
When leaders face uncertainty, their first step often determines the direction of everything that follows. In times of disruption or ambiguity—when the data is incomplete, the path unclear, and the stakes high—people respond in remarkably different ways.
These varied ways of approaching challenges under uncertainty form an essential but often invisible layer of how leadership and decision-making unfold in the real world. At the heart of understanding these responses is a framework we refer to as the First Approach to Challenges Under Uncertainty.
Five distinctive work styles from the intersection of these two axes:
Conceptual Analysis: Analytical & Factual + Conceptual & Abstract
Pragmatic Analysis: Analytical & Factual + Concrete & Practical
Pragmatic Intuitive: Intuitive & Perceptive + Concrete & Practical
Intuitive Analysis: Intuitive & Perceptive + Conceptual & Abstract
Analytic Intuition: A balanced, flexible orientation across both axes
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