The Uncertainty Effect
How to Survive and Thrive Through the Unexpected
A smart, practical book that shows us how to navigate uncertain times.
In an age of pandemic and economic precarity, how can we learn to embrace uncertainty in our workplaces, schools and businesses? And how can better understanding uncertainty help us to build resilience, foster social justice and deal with the big issues, such as climate change?
Award-winning educator Michelle Lazarus shows us how uncertainty tolerance can help. From how teachers can prepare students for an uncertain workforce, to reducing burnout in trainee doctors, to confronting the effects of climate change, this smart, practical popular-science book has an affirming message: we may not be able to predict the future, but we can learn to navigate it. Drawing on Michelle’s original research, it will appeal to readers of Emily Ehler’s Hope is a Verb and Jonica Newby’s Beyond Climate Grief.
Associate professor Michelle Lazarus is Director of the Centre for Human Anatomy Education at Monash University. In 2020 she won a Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching, and in 2022 she won the prestigious AAUT Award, which recognises the nation’s most outstanding teachers. This is her first book.
