There are plenty of reasons to be fearful and alarmed about the condition of our world. Perhaps these are unique conditions in human history. Or perhaps they’re the same wicked problems occurring over and over.

At a personal level, you can’t control what happens to you in life, but you can control your thinking, what you believe, what your values are, and what choices you make.

2022 is shaping up to be part 3 of the “Pandemic Chronicles”. So, what happens next, and how should you prepare?

It was once so trendy to talk about a ‘VUCA world’ and ‘The Future of Work’, but this is now just business as usual. The COVID-19 Pandemic has changed almost everything and there’s no turning back. Here are 6 ways to steer yourself through the next 12 months or so:

This is the era of the great resignation, apparently. But does it feel like everyone else is spreading their wings while you’re still in track pants? You’ve already given up two years of your life to this global pandemic. Time to get on with your life. Should you stay doing what you’re doing, or should you go and try something different?

Communities everywhere are struggling with the frustration and fatigue of the COVID-19 pandemic after 18 months and counting. The social contract between government and the governed is fraying. We’re not all in this together. If anything, we’re in it because governments have made mistakes. So, is there another way of thinking that could help us out of this mess?

If I never hear or read the word “unprecedented” again it will be too soon. And I don’t want to hear “we’re all in this together”. We’re not. We’re in the same sea but in different boats. Some more seaworthy than others. No one could possibly understand what it’s like to endure 112 days of isolation as we did in Melbourne.

In 50 years time some historian will write about the global pandemic of 2020 and the consequent social, economic, and geo-political upheavals, but right now it feels like we're in the middle of an apocalyptic movie with no end in sight. And at almost every turn of events what's become glaringly obvious is that wisdom and wise decision making have been largely absent.

Associate Professor of Psychology, Igor Grossmann at The Wisdom and Culture Lab at The University of Ontario, Canada has been pivotal in establishing a practical framework for wise thinking that lends itself to coaching and mentoring. According to Grossmann and colleagues, “wise thinking is a skill. It is not simply an attribute of a person but rather a property of person-in-context. The potential for wise thinking emerges in the interaction of the person and their environment”.