VUCA is an acronym for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity.
VUCA is a four-letter word that does not exist as an English word, but is read as “vuka” and pronounced like a normal word.
It originally came into use in the late 1990s as a military term. Today, it has become a key word that symbolically captures the entire society, including the economy.
What it means is…
The world has entered an era of great change, with a new dimension of instability, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. Therefore, how we perceive and predict the future requires flexible thinking that differs from the past.
The keyword that is attracting attention in this era of VUCA is “resilience,” which I will introduce here.
Resilience, in the narrow sense of the word, means “elasticity”. Originally an expression used in physics and other fields, it has come to be used to describe positive psychological tendencies and corporate structures as “restorative power”.
In Japan, the word is now written in katakana as it is in English, and many people are talking about it more and more.
Many people may associate the word “resilience” with the proverbs “willow trees never break under the weight of snow” and “softness conquers hardness”. It means “softness makes one supple and strong”. Even before the concept of resilience was reaffirmed, I feel that it was a concept that was naturally accepted in Japan.
However, I understand that the reason why resilience is attracting so much attention is because of today’s unpredictable future.
In an age when the future is predictable and feelable, people and society can move forward toward “what needs to be done” without much anxiety. Today, however, we are in the VUCA era.
I feel that the reason why coaching is spreading today is strongly related to the growing awareness of VUCA. Coaching is a relationship that draws out the hidden abilities, ideas, and strengths within each client and supports a valuable future.
Apart from relying on the words of others, which are considered authoritative, the “flexible power” is achieved by affirming oneself and believing in oneself… This is exactly the worldview of coaching.
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