The Uncertainty Toolkit
Our book of the Month for March 2026 is “The Uncertainty Toolkit: How to Feel Calmer, Happier and More Confident in an Uncertain World” by Sam Conniff and Katherine Templar Lewis.
ABOUT THE BOOK
What can an ex-gangland boss, a recovering addict and a refugee teach you about thriving in the face of uncertainty?
‘The tools in this book will help a lot of people’ – Dan Snow
It’s the ‘Do you have five minutes?’ message from your boss. The ‘We need to chat’ from a loved one. Those spiralling thoughts at 3 a.m. and buzz of yet another breaking news alert. The potential coming waves of AI, climate change and unstable governments.
For most of us, uncertainty is paralysing. But learning to navigate it effectively means more confidence, less anxiety and deeper connection with others.
The Uncertainty Toolkit is a pioneering, evidence-based guide to doing just that. Drawing on the world’s most extensive study into ‘uncertainty tolerance’, led with professors from University College London, it explains the science behind how we cope with the unknown. This research is combined with the radical expertise of an unlikely group of experts – former addicts, hostages, gangland bosses and prisoners – who’ve turned their experience of extreme uncertainty into major mainstream success.
The result is a detailed, practical blueprint that will help anyone turn unpredictability into personal and professional growth.
‘A wonderful, extraordinary experiment‘ – Sue Perkins
‘Read this book, and then pass it to a friend’ – Emma Gannon
ABOUT SAM CONNIFF
Sam Conniff is a speaker and expert in uncertainty and dedicated to helping people navigate change and turn fear into opportunity. In our rapidly changing and uncertain world, Sam uses a unique hybrid of online learning, interactive documentary and psychological intervention to drive curiosity, inspire innovation and build emotional resilience in teams and leaders alike.
Sam’s mission is to equip people with the tools needed to not just thrive in an uncertain society, but to drive innovation, seize opportunities and lead others to become Uncertainty Experts themselves.
In 2023, Sam Conniff co-created the world’s first Entertainment Based Therapy experience, Uncertainty Experts. Sam is the author of the international best-seller and “modern life-bible” Be More Pirate. He was Co-Founder of Livity, the multi-award-winning social enterprise and youth-led creative Network, Co-founder of Digify Africa, providing transformational digital skills to thousands of young Africans and Co-Founder of Don’t panic, the original activist and Bafta-winning content studio. Sam has won Entrepreneur of the year, Agency of the Year, The Queens Award and many others. Sam turned down an MBE in 2020 in an open letter to the Queen suggesting an update to the honours system to move it away from it’s ‘colonial past’.
To order a copy of the book please visit the amazon website and for more information on Sams speaking work please visit his webpage