Exploring Uncertainty in Business Environments

Discover how to manage business uncertainty and thrive in VUCA environments using business agility strategies
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Step into the dynamic world of uncertainty with 'Exploring Uncertainty in Business Environments,' a course designed to help you navigate and succeed in today’s ever-changing landscape.

Learn the concept of business agility and its foundational principles, understand why agility is critical for organisational success, and examine the impact of VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity) on business environments. By exploring strategies to address these challenges, such as the Cynefin Framework, you’ll gain the tools and insights to help you thrive amidst uncertainty.

What You'll Learn

Exploring business agility

You will be able to define the concept of business agility and outline its basic ideas.

Business agility in action

You will be able to examine the need for agility in organisations.

Navigating VUCA environments

You will be able to explain the concept of VUCA and its implications for business environments.

Strategies for dealing with business uncertainty

You will be able to review the strategies that organisations might use to cope with the effects of VUCA.

Gain A Recognised Course Certificate

On completion of the course you will earn a Course Certificate that you can highlight on your CV, LinkedIn profile or portfolio.

Who Should Take This Course?


This course is suitable for anyone eager to build their understanding of business agility and how to navigate uncertainty. Participants will gain valuable insights into thriving in a dynamic world. This includes:
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  • Anyone working in an organisation of any size, sector, or industry,
  • Those new to business agility with some work-based and/or team-based experience,
  • Anyone managing or struggling with the complexities of uncertain environments, such as VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity),
  • Those aiming to embed agile strategies to support their organisations in adapting to rapidly changing conditions.

This course empowers participants with tools and strategies to not only adapt to change but thrive amidst uncertainty by fostering resilience, agility, and informed decision-making.

Aimed at individuals at Explorer, Professional Level 1 of the Agile Business Consortium’s competency framework, a recognised approach to starting your business agility journey. It focuses on the basics of business agility and then allows individuals to reflect on how to use their new skills in practice.

At this level you will be at the start of your professional journey. You will probably be part of an agile team, or in a team working towards becoming more agile, reinforcing your knowledge via simple practical application. You will have basic factual knowledge of business agility and be using agile techniques to deal with simple problems.


Courses offered by the Agile Business Consortium have been thoughtfully crafted to include extensive and well-researched material, all while maintaining an accessible learning experience. Every participant of our learning platform is encouraged to actively engage in discussions and complete optional activities in order to maximise learning.

Meet the industry experts

Here are the industry experts that you will learn from throughout this course:

Katie Taylor

Learning and Development Lead / Chair of the Board, Agile Business Consortium

Katie spent many years as a self-employed consultant, working on a wide range of projects for the likes of British Aerospace, Computer Sciences Corporation CSC, British Gas and Astra Zeneca. She specialised in enabling communication between different levels of staff, especially during times of radical change. Currently, Chair at The Agile Business Consortium - Advancing Business Agility Worldwide. “Work doesn’t work” for many people who are not engaged – we are part of the movement to make a positive change.