The Secret To Navigating Uncertainty ft. Keith Hopper

Update: 2025-10-08

Description

This story is going to resonate with so many leaders out there:

Once upon a time, you built your career/business on a foundation of expertise and experience. You followed the rules and made sure every plan was perfectly laid out.

But lately, you’ve started to feel stuck.

You're slowly realizing the old playbook no longer works in a world of constant change.

In this episode, I, Michael Hunter, the host of the Uncommon Leadership Podcast, sit down with innovation expert Keith Hopper to expose a rather uncomfortable truth behind this feeling.

The problem isn’t a lack of experience or a bad plan.

It’s a fundamental confusion between risk—something you can prepare for—and uncertainty—the great unknown that you can’t possibly predict.

Relying on an old-school project plan to handle the unpredictable is a trap.

This trap leaves leaders paralyzed on a leadership teeter-totter.

On one side, they make a massive, blind leap of faith that often leads to spectacular failure.

On the other hand, they are so afraid of making the wrong move that they do nothing, allowing great ideas to die and their teams to stagnate.

But what if there was another way?

In this breakthrough conversation, Keith reveals the key to escaping this cycle.

It’s a low-cost and high-reward way to learn exactly what you need to know—allowing you to move forward one small, intentional step at a time.

Your next breakthrough might just be a small experiment away.

So, it's time to stop waiting and start discovering.

Grab a chair. Join the Conversation. Here's why:

So that you finally stop confusing risk with uncertainty. Because the former can be managed with a plan, but the latter requires a renewed mindset.
Learn how to avoid the Teeter-Totter of Leadership. Don't go all-in blindly, and don't let the fear of uncertainty stop you from moving at all.
Understand the true impact of a series of tiny experiments and how it can help you learn and adapt through change.
The concept of true innovation and how it begins the moment you admit you don't know the outcome.

About the Speakers:

Keith Hopper

Founder @Danger Fort Labs | Guest Lecturer @Harvard Business School | Author & Instructor @LinkedIn Learning | LinkedIn Top Voice in Innovation and Discovery

As the founder of Danger Fort Labs, Keith Hopper advises executives and teams on how to drive organizational change and growth. He is also a guest lecturer at Harvard Business School and an author and instructor for LinkedIn Learning, where his course "Business Innovation Foundations" has reached over 80,000 students.

Keith believes the best way to achieve breakthrough solutions is through experimentation and discovery. He helps leaders create work environments that move more quickly and build smarter, happier teams through continuous learning and discovery.