3 Adaptability Strategies to Help You Navigate Uncertainty

Following 20 years at a large Canadian telecommunications firm, Bruce established the project management consulting firm Solutions Management Inc (SMI). Since 1999, he has provided contract project/program management services, been a source for project management support personnel and created/delivered courses to over 7,000 participants in Canada, the United States and England.

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Sitting in my office as I reflect on the new year, I find myself very concerned about how 2023 is going to unfold. Will a global recession lead to widespread job losses and significant hits to the stock exchange and personal savings? Will Covid surge once again? And if it does, will we be forced (or choose) to isolate from people we love and society in general? Will climate change continue to bring weather patterns that are wildly different than historical norms?

From a positive perspective, surely this year will be better than what feels like two full years of pandemic restrictions. Will supply chain issues (and arguably the related escalating inflation levels) end, things returning to “normal”? Will rising interest rates level out and slowly return to levels that avoid putting unimagined stress on property owners?

A few headlines in a national newspaper said the following last month:

• 2023 will be a better year for homebuyers, mortgage holders and investors
• EU, China heading for collision over China’s Covid-19 crisis
• In 2023, geopolitics will push the world economy closer to recession
• COP15 biodiversity pledge is a major milestone in the conservation of nature

I don’t know whether to feel like life in general is clearly taking a positive turn, or I should start making plans to face the most challenging year in a generation.

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