Posted on October 28, 2008 by Vickie Gray
Adaptive behaviour:
Any behaviour that enables an organism to adjust to a particular situation or environment.
A simple model for adaptive behaviour:
Notice
Connect with others
Learn and adapt
Respond
Repeat
How I, as a coach, use this model with you, as a client:
In my work with teams as a coach, instructor and consultant, I have learned or developed tools to get great [...]
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Posted on October 28, 2008 by Vickie Gray
In contrast to static engineered solutions which so often die on the vine, self-organized solutions survive and prosper and create organizational success. Self-organizing, diverse, local solutions build adaptive capability in the path of ambiguity and chaos. People who choose to learn new paradigms skillfully respond to change in ways that matter to them. They and [...]
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Posted on October 28, 2008 by Vickie Gray
Change happens without our consent, sometimes without our even noticing. It occurs at the edges when we aren’t looking, in the inconvenient times and places, when we are least prepared and most overwhelmed.
We all seek to control change. We want to believe we can plan for the future. Recent events are giving us reason [...]
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