The Lean Engineering Travel Guide

10 The Path to Knowledge and Sustainability

DOI: 10.4324/9781003381945-12

We are in a world rightly qualified as VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous). The pandemic appeared in 2020 with all its effects, beyond its dramatic impact on the health of populations, confirms this statement.

While Volatility and Uncertainty require faster learning to better adapt to future unpredictable situations, Complexity and Ambiguity require more critical questioning of the current situation to better understand the interactions between elements and constraints. All these elements, whether attached to the environment or to agents, are interconnected. The more complex and volatile an environment is, the more difficult it is to obtain the information ...