Episode 35: How to Lead Through Constant Chaos (Insights from the 2026 GROW Conference)

What if you started looking at chaos as a transition to a new operating system?  Governments are shifting, layoffs are spreading, AI is rewriting entire industries, and somewhere in the middle of all of it, leaders are expected to show up steady while privately managing fear, uncertainty, and the quiet question of whether everything they've built is going to hold. In this episode, I'm sharing four insights from the 2026 GROW Conference in Galveston, Texas, plus four concrete actions you can take this week to stop bracing for the rapids and start learning how to paddle through them. We get into: Why the discomfort you feel at the next level isn’t a warning signal but a GROWTH signal The difference between fighting random fires and choosing meaningful problems What neuroscience says about sitting in ambiguity too long, and why your brain craves the hard truth Why adaptability is a learnable skill, and how to start building it The one question that can shift you out of survival mode and into action in the middle of a crisis Featured voices from the conference: Drew Bird, Master Trainer in Emotional Intelligence and Adaptability Catherine Brown, serial entrepreneur and founder of the Grow Conference Resources mentioned: High Performance Habits by Brendon Burchard Research by Matthew Lieberman, UCLA, on emotional labeling and the amygdala American Psychological Association on cognitive flexibility and resilience Subscribe for new episodes: https://worthytolead.co/subscribe Connect with Kristiana: Website: https://www.worthytolead.co/ LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kristianacorona Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/worthytolead/ Substack: https://worthytolead.substack.com/