Chapter 8: How Can You Process Uncertainty?

1: To develop this mindset, your authors suggest that effective leaders focus on predicting the future.
a. true
b. false
 
2: Thinking like a sailor helps people visualize getting to their destination quickly and efficiently.
a. true
b. false
 
3: Drawing more pictures and diagrams
a. increases certainty levels
b. highlights relationships and associations
c. provides order
d. all of the above
 
4: To get an organization to better process uncertainty:
a. monologue is preferred to dialogue
b. formal presentations should be de-emphasized
c. discussion time should be increased
d. b and c
 
5: Instead of focusing the communication system on what the company knows, the focus should be on how the company thinks about issues.
a. true
b. false