I wonder what Siri and Alexa might suggest? In terms of adaptive leadership, you've got your adaptive challenge, you are enjoying a bit of time on the balcony, probably starting to see things differently. But differently how? The more time you spend up there you more you'll notice that you don't need to focus your attention on the problem. More, you'll spot people's relationship with the problem or challenge you are all attempting to solve. Watching your dancers relationship

How do you lead adaptive work? Here are six ideas to help you get on the right direction. See the focused posts this week on adaptive leadership via Chesil Infinity's social media platforms. Get on the balcony - features in Get Off the Dance floor in more detail - but essentially, as a Leader you can horizon scan and plan out for those opportunities and threats much more efficiently from a view point away from the day to day detail and cultures or the organisation. Maintain d

Adaptive leadership is not 'being flexible'. The styles, traits and abilities of an adaptive leader are similar to those of a leader who can organise and manage change strategy flexibly, but there is something deeper and more attuned to themselves, their teams, their organisation and wider horizon. Before we can think about traits and learning how to become an adaptive leader - we need to think about the challenges we face in business today. We tend to solution focus and sti

A great analogy to use when thinking about the technicalities as an Adaptive Leader and forging change in your team or organisation. I've used this technique with Mentees before with great results for them to be able to 'look outside of the boat' on the balcony and nudge individuals on the dance floor within well thought through, low risk changes to measure impact. If you want to create lasting change, you need to run between the dance floor and the balcony to improve your v