tolerance of ambiguity

There are inherent personality traits in someone who will most likely be successful working in a complex crisis. They’re easy to describe, harder to realize and even harder to capture at the right time....

“It’s tolerance of ambiguity,” said [Michael] Bowers (senior director of strategic response and global emergencies for Mercy Corps.), who began his career in Kosovo. “We get a lot of people stewing in that for so long — in South Sudan, in Syria, surrounded by a bombardment of challenges. It’s not just thinking quickly, it’s something that’s protracted years … with no end in sight....”


Kelli Rogers

"Leadership in conflict defined by 'durability of solution thinking'" devex. 8/24/2015