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Navigating the Age of Chaos: A Sense-Making Guide to a Bani World That Doesnt Make Sense
The future is uncertain, and yet we must act. This groundbreaking framework helps leaders transform chaos into clarity, build organizational resilience, and create positive change in turbulent times. The world we once described as volatile and uncertain has shifted into something far more chaotic: BANI, or brittle, anxious, nonlinear, and incomprehensible. In Navigating the Age of Chaos, Jamais Cascio, the originator of the visionary BANI framework, unpacks the tools and perspectives needed to navigate our increasingly turbulent era. Joined by coauthors Bob Johansen and Angela F. Williams, Cascio provides real-world examples, practical strategies, and rich insights to help leaders, organizations, and individuals not just survive but thrive in the chaos. This book will help readers recognize, adapt to, and excel in a world changing with unprecedented speed and intensity. Breaking down the BANI framework, readers will discover how to tackle each aspect of a BANI world:
As a definitive guide to understanding and harnessing the power of the BANI framework, this book equips readers with the knowledge to reshape challenges into pathways for innovation and success.
- Brittle--Recognize fragility in systems and strategies to build resilience.
- Anxious--Address widespread anxiety with empathy and attentiveness.
- Nonlinear--Navigate unpredictable scenarios with adaptive, improvisational thinking.
- Incomprehensible--Find clarity in overwhelming complexity through webs of connection.
- Positive BANI--Reframe chaos into actionable opportunities for growth.
As a definitive guide to understanding and harnessing the power of the BANI framework, this book equips readers with the knowledge to reshape challenges into pathways for innovation and success.
Book Details
- Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
- Publish Date: Oct 28th, 2025
- Pages: 256
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.10in - 6.00in - 1.10in - 1.00lb
- EAN: 9798890571212
- Categories: • Future Studies• Leadership• Forecasting
About the Author
Jamais Cascio, the originator and developer of the BANI framework, is a highly regarded futurist and keynote speaker who has spent the majority of his life exploring the connections between human culture, technological transformation, environmental change, and political disruption. Foreign Policy has listed him in its Top 100 Global Thinkers. Bob Johansen has had a fifty-year career as a professional futurist at the Institute for the Future and is an author of over a dozen books, including Leaders Make the Future and Full-Spectrum Thinking. Angela Williams is president and CEO of United Way Worldwide, with more than thirty years of leadership experience in the nonprofit and corporate sectors.
Praise for this book
"In an era of global uncertainty, this work is an essential guide for leaders striving to create lasting impact and lead with purpose, resilience, and a global mindset."
--Kerry Kennedy, President, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights "In this insightful book, the authors provide us with not just a framework for understanding but also a roadmap to negotiate this disrupted world characterized by constant change, complexity, and uncertainty."
--Simon Freakley, Executive Chairman, Alix Partners "The BANI future will be incomprehensible, but we still must act, and this brilliant, provocative, and compelling book will help us prepare for and thrive in the looming, chaotic future."
--Robert Ivany, Major General (retired), US Army, and Commandant, Army War College during 9/11 "We live in a moment of huge conflicting forces creating a highly uncertain future. Creating clarity out of chaos is the ambitious goal set by this insightful and practical guide to the turbulent future immediately at hand."
--Peter Schwartz, author of The Art of the Long View and Senior VP, Strategic Planning, Salesforce "Thriving in the BANI future will require us all to hone personal coping skills, and this book provides a vital jumpstart."
--Judith T. Moskowitz, Professor, Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University "The authors present an essential perspective on how to tackle complex challenges using pragmatic and practical insights--an indispensable work for thriving in today's chaotic world."
--Simon Brown, Global Learning & Development Leader and Partner, EY "This seminal work is a textbook outlining the challenges that await us in the age of chaos, and a workbook offering coping skills for survival."
--Edwin J. Nichols, Director, Nichols & Associates "A crucial guide offering an essential framework for leaders and innovators seeking a guide for action in times of rapid change."
--Kevin Clark, Federation Leader & President, Content Evolution LLC
--Kerry Kennedy, President, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights "In this insightful book, the authors provide us with not just a framework for understanding but also a roadmap to negotiate this disrupted world characterized by constant change, complexity, and uncertainty."
--Simon Freakley, Executive Chairman, Alix Partners "The BANI future will be incomprehensible, but we still must act, and this brilliant, provocative, and compelling book will help us prepare for and thrive in the looming, chaotic future."
--Robert Ivany, Major General (retired), US Army, and Commandant, Army War College during 9/11 "We live in a moment of huge conflicting forces creating a highly uncertain future. Creating clarity out of chaos is the ambitious goal set by this insightful and practical guide to the turbulent future immediately at hand."
--Peter Schwartz, author of The Art of the Long View and Senior VP, Strategic Planning, Salesforce "Thriving in the BANI future will require us all to hone personal coping skills, and this book provides a vital jumpstart."
--Judith T. Moskowitz, Professor, Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University "The authors present an essential perspective on how to tackle complex challenges using pragmatic and practical insights--an indispensable work for thriving in today's chaotic world."
--Simon Brown, Global Learning & Development Leader and Partner, EY "This seminal work is a textbook outlining the challenges that await us in the age of chaos, and a workbook offering coping skills for survival."
--Edwin J. Nichols, Director, Nichols & Associates "A crucial guide offering an essential framework for leaders and innovators seeking a guide for action in times of rapid change."
--Kevin Clark, Federation Leader & President, Content Evolution LLC