Your adaptability as a resource

• When all else fails what can YOU do differently? The more you put this attitude into practice, the more adaptable you will be. The more you say that someone else needs to do something, the less adaptable you will be.
• In the face of rapid change, we feel safe staying with the familiar.
• How adaptable are you?
• How readily have you adjusted when things have changed?
• Do you complain loudly, or see changes as opportunities for you?
• How radical have your personal transitions been?
• Have you worked abroad, changed functions, developed totally new skills, taken on new roles, abandoned old ways of doing things?
• How comfortable are you with taking risks? See risk averse and risk taking.
• What thought processes do you go through to adapt to change?
• Do you fortify your confidence by reviewing your strengths?
• Do you tell yourself how you coped with previous changes and can again?
• Or do you adopt a defeatest, ''here we go again'' mentality that focuses on placing blame elsewhere for your predicament?
• How comfortable are you with learning from mistakes?
• Or are you a perfectionist, believing in ''right first time'' always?
• Are you a detail person or is your focus 80/20 - get it mostly right?
• Worrying too much about detail does not indicate high adaptability.
• How can you increase your adaptability, take more risks, live with mistakes and feel more comfortable learning as you go?
• Learning organizations learn through trial and error because complexity makes it hard to think of everything in advance.
• Why should you be any better at anticipating the future?
• Why should you beat yourself for making mistakes faced with complexity?
• How can you use your adaptability to address current challenges?