WHAT THIS IS

When uncertainty increases, our brains try to keep us safe often by defaulting to quick, familiar ways of thinking.

Psychologist and leadership expert Jennifer Garvey Berger calls these automatic patterns ‘mindtraps’ – and learning to recognise them, and escape them, helps you stay calm, curious, and strategic when things feel unclear.

“The problem isn’t uncertainty itself. It’s how we think when we’re uncertain.”