Years ago, I read the book Living with Uncertainty by Ian Scoones about how pastoral communities live with the uncertainty of weather, rainfall, pasture and fodder availability and market prices. To be successful, pastoralists have to move and adapt constantly to manage risk and find the resources to survive and make a living. Leaders of business and economies could learn a little from nomadic pastoralists who accept uncertainty as a norm and weave paths through it, absorbing short-term shocks while keeping a focus on their north star. There are many causes of uncertainty at the moment and the US administration…

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