The Wisdom of Ignorance with Guest Alan Gregerman

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12/04/25

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In this week’s episode, Mark Edgar connects with author and business consultant Alan Gregerman who shares insights from his latest book “The Wisdom of Ignorance”. Alan provides his perspective on the dynamic world of work and what organizations should be doing to prepare their people to identify new and innovative approaches.

He shares the six skills tied to “not knowing” that can be used to help navigate uncertainty and create breakthroughs. They include being purposeful, curiosity, humility, respect, being future focused and being paranoid!

You can learn more about Alan’s work here:

https://alangregerman.com/about-alan/

And you can follow her on LinkedIn here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-gregerman-a33b236/

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