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How to Be Awesome at Your Job · 2026-10-15 · 48 min · 8,155 words

1189: Making Smart Decisions Confidently Amid Uncertainty with Dr. Cindi Baldi

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In being busy, we don't Do a whole lot of reflecting. And if we're not doing any reflecting, we're not doing any learning. And if we're not doing the reflecting when it comes to uncertainty, we're not getting better. At assessing our ability to predict

And take risks. That's Dr. Sydney Balbi. She's the founder and CEO of Culture, co-host of the Management News podcast, and co-author of The Uncertainty Playbook, 14 Strategies for Work Success in a Chaotic World, which we're discussing here. So you'll learn one, how uncertainty influences us without Us even realizing it to how to power through our bias. for risk aversion and three, the simple habit that builds your wisdom. And if you want a quick summary write up about the actual wisdom that City shares, I recommend you sign up for the free gold nugget email newsletter found at awesome at your job.com. I'm Pete McKitis. This is how to be awesome at your job, and now here's Cindy.

Sandy, welcome. Thank you. Thank you for having me. Well, I am excited to talk about uncertainty. You got a whole playbook for us.

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