Record inflation, possible recession, the VC winter, massive layoffs in the tech sector, and, most recently, the crash of Silicon Valley Bank. The business world is in a period of extreme uncertainty. How can established businesses take risks and innovate in a time like this? Companies like asynchronous video communications platform Loom are paving new ways for workers to collaborate through difficult times, and at Columbia Business School, professors like Brett E. House are studying how companies respond to an uncertain environment.