I love the quote from boxer Mike Tyson: “Everyone has a plan until they get hit in the face.” Dwight Eisenhower has been credited with saying that plans are nothing, but planning is everything. It’s a remarkable statement coming from the man who was responsible for planning the Allied invasion of Europe in World War II. The point is – you can’t plan for everything, and that’s why the greatest leaders are those who can rise to the occasion when everything gets lost in the fog. They can lead through ambiguity.
Great Leaders Lead Through Ambiguity
Covid-19 brought all sorts of ambiguities. Political leaders had no idea what to do or how to react, and we’re now seeing just how poorly so many of them performed.
