S17 E7: IDYL

About this episode

The episode discusses the concept of VUCA and its relevance to the music industry amidst current uncertainties.

In 1987, the US Army War College coined the acronym of VUCA in 1987 to describe a world that was expected to become more difficult to navigate as the end of the Cold War started to become a reality – VUCA stands for volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. Aside from it being kinda ironic, with what’s happening right now, that the US Army coined this acronym, it’s struck me that musicians have been working in an industry that has breathed this sort of uncertainty and volatility, whilst th...

People in this episode

Host: Giles Sibbald

Topics covered

• music industry
• VUCA
• uncertainty
• volatility
• Cold War
• musicians

Keywords

• VUCA
• music industry
• uncertainty
• volatility
• Cold War
• musicians
• 1987

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: US Army War College, VUCA

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