Our nervous systems aren’t ready for the level of uncertainty we’re facing right now. That’s according to Brené Brown, author, researcher, and professor, who spoke at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit in Washington, D.C., last fall.
“It is extraordinarily difficult to be brave right now, for a lot of different reasons,” Brown said in October 2025. “Politics is one, but [also] radically changing markets. A workforce that is—I’m going to tell you right now, people are not okay. If you’re leading people, you probably know people are not okay.”
