Today I heard a new acronym: BANI – B:rittle, A:nxious, N:on-linear and I:ncomprehensible
BANI is on the table as an evolution to the VUCA World Acronym – V:olatile, U:ncertain, C:omplex, and A:mbiguous.
The VUCA term was created in the 1980s and shaped by the cold war. I became more familiar with VUCA a few years ago in looking at skillful coaching and awareness of dynamics at play for people. The VUCA world has an impact on leadership. It was true that leaders need to equip themselves with skills to navigate a VUCA world. That means they are intentional to grow their emotional intelligence, resilience, and personal stability since our business climate and world are often volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. The BANI suggestion is interesting.
I believe the 4.0 Leadership that is developing is about the skills we as leaders need to respond to additional variables and conditions. We know this about the world, so what are we going to do about it?