
The adaptive cycle as a dynamic map for resilience thinking

Successful adaptations enable a living system to take the best from its history into the future.
Ronald A. Heifetz • The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World
DISCOVERY: As I contemplate the evolutionary nature of inspiration, I've begun to sense a deeper connection between creativity and resilience. Just as species that are able to adapt to changing circumstances are more likely to survive and thrive over time, so too are individuals and organizations that are able to innovate and evolve... See more
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they worry that the organization does not have the wherewithal to adapt and thrive in those new realities. So we start there with a larger frame for tackling the situation: building adaptive capacity. As
Ronald A. Heifetz • The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World
Complex systems are inherently dynamic and unpredictable, their properties are emergent. An organic way to deal with emergence is the art to trust in having the right tools and techniques to adaptively cope with sudden surprises and challenges, if accepted as such.
-Systemic Design
... See more"Key to the ETH DRRS learning system is the notion of organic emergen
you can gradually evolve a new type of organization. It will be able to deal with the problems and opportunities of today, and invest in its capacity to embrace tomorrow, because its members are continually focused on enhancing and expanding their collective awareness and capabilities. You can create, in other words, an organization which can learn
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