The world of innovation is no longer shaped by steady progress but by turbulence. Financial, environmental, geopolitical and technological crises have made uncertainty the defining condition of our age. This chapter explores what it means to govern innovation when predictability is scarce and shocks are frequent. It examines how traditional governance models, built on stability and linear planning, struggle to adapt to volatility and complexity. In their place, more experimental and adaptive approaches are emerging, policies designed to learn from failure, institutions that prioritise resilience and governance frameworks that seek to balance agility with accountability. Yet these shifts are fraught with tension. Too little structure breeds chaos and too much rigidity stifles creativity. The chapter argues that in times of uncertainty, governing innovation requires not mastery over change but the capacity to navigate it while embracing risk, encouraging experimentation and building systems that can bend without breaking.