Navigating the Age of Chaos: A Sense-Making Guide to a Bani World That Doesnt Make Sense

The future is uncertain, and yet we must act. This groundbreaking framework helps leaders transform chaos into clarity, build organizational resilience, and create positive change in turbulent times.

The world we once described as volatile and uncertain has shifted into something far more chaotic: BANI, or brittle, anxious, nonlinear, and incomprehensible. In Navigating the Age of Chaos, Jamais Cascio, the originator of the visionary BANI framework, unpacks the tools and perspectives needed to navigate our increasingly turbulent era.

Joined by coauthors Bob Johansen and Angela F. Williams, Cascio provides real-world examples, practical strategies, and rich insights to help leaders, organizations, and individuals not just survive but thrive in the chaos. This book will help readers recognize, adapt to, and excel in a world changing with unprecedented speed and intensity.

Breaking down the BANI framework, readers will discover how to tackle each aspect of a BANI world:

• Brittle--Recognize fragility in systems and strategies to build resilience.
• Anxious--Address widespread anxiety with empathy and attentiveness.
• Nonlinear--Navigate unpredictable scenarios with adaptive, improvisational thinking.
• Incomprehensible--Find clarity in overwhelming complexity through webs of connection.
• Positive BANI--Reframe chaos into actionable opportunities for growth.

As a definitive guide to understanding and harnessing the power of the BANI framework, this book equips readers with the knowledge to reshape challenges into pathways for innovation and success.

Author: Jamais Cascio,Bob Johansen,Angela F. Williams
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Published: 10/28/2025
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9798890571212

About the Author
Jamais Cascio, the originator and developer of the BANI framework, is a highly regarded futurist and keynote speaker who has spent the majority of his life exploring the connections between human culture, technological transformation, environmental change, and political disruption. Foreign Policy has listed him in its Top 100 Global Thinkers.

Bob Johansen has had a fifty-year career as a professional futurist at the Institute for the Future and is an author of over a dozen books, including Leaders Make the Future and Full-Spectrum Thinking.

Angela Williams is president and CEO of United Way Worldwide, with more than thirty years of leadership experience in the nonprofit and corporate sectors.