Ambiguity may offer short term political benefits, but in the long term is corrosive
- Written by Andre Spicer, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Cass Business School, City, University of London
As the results of the US election began to arrive, political junkies tried their best to make sense of what was happening. But it soon became obvious that the only thing clear about the results was that they were ambiguous.
Ambiguity is a strategic resource leaders use to accomplish their [goals]. When the US president, Donald Trump, appeared in...