Friday, April 17th, 2026
There are two ways we move through radical change.
In the first, we have a (relatively) clear vision of what we want to move towards and we take action towards it. That might be a new job. A market we want to enter or shape. A vision for society.
This is classic “manifesting” territory. It’s very popular, perhaps because in this version of change we are in control and we get what we want. Happy days!
There’s nothing inherently wrong with it. Except sometimes… we don’t know what we want. We can’t see what world we are moving towards. Then, this way of navigating falls apart. Because without a vision, you can’t move towards it.
When we find ourselves in the midst of radical change, we can’t see the horizon. We don’t have a clear vision of where we are headed, or even where we’d like to go.
We simply sense that things are changing around or within us. Old systems, structures, beliefs, and ways of being are no longer working. They’re not bringing results anymore — joy, income, meaning.
They are dying, and the new is not yet born.
When we can’t see the new and we don’t have a vision to move towards, we have to learn to move in different ways. Instead of moving TOWARDS a vision, we need to orient to something different.
That something is not “out there”. It is inside us.
What do we do when we find ourselves in a dark, unfamiliar place? We slow down. We listen. We pay attention to the space around us. We empty ourselves out of expectation.
Then we ask ourselves:
What values do I want to act from? Love, wisdom, courage, creativity… what matters to me?
And then: what would that value do here?
Then we take that action.
In this way, we move confidently, step-by-step, through the unknown.
AI is a great example of this second type of change. We all sense that something big is happening. But no one, not even those at the heart of the AI labs, know exactly how AI will impact or interact with our existing social and economic systems.
It’s like looking at a meteor approaching. It’s clear it’s going to shake things up, but we don’t know exactly how.
If there are no (or very few) jobs, as some predict, what happens to the social systems funded by income tax?
Who pays for the compute?
By the time my kids are adults, will we still be working 5-days a week? Will we be working at all? What will we even mean by “work”?
Will the coaching profession exist? In what form?
If I can’t know these things, how can I have a meaningful vision or plan for my business or my life? I can’t. Any attempt to create one is like grasping at air. I might feel better knowing the document exists, but its usefulness is low to non-existent.
This level of change is disorienting. But it’s also exhilarating. Because there is room for magic. There is room for surprise. There is room for things more wonderful than I can currently imagine.
Could it all fall to shit? Yes. But has life, and human life, worked out a way to transform and thrive when confronted with earlier disruptions and transformation? Yes. We can find our way through the AI disruption with courage and grace.
We don’t need to know what the future will look like to navigate this change. We only need to remember what matters — to each of us, individually — and hold tight to that, like a life ring, as we are swept up and bob around in the ocean of change.
Trust, connection, wisdom, love, generosity, creativity, courage. If we hold onto these, and act from them, they become the building blocks of the future.
And that’s a future I’m excited to be part of.
© 2026 Wild Courage