Leadership Toolbox 4: Activating the Adaptive Space

Leadership Behaviors for the Adaptive Space

Many organizations understand the need to be adaptable, especially with the recent encounter of a pandemic. The VUCA world can only be more VUCA moving forward. Lots of leaders lack the framework and/or culture to be adaptable. An adaptive leader must embrace these behaviors consequently.

• The leader provides people from all levels with the opportunity to scan the environment, ideate, prototype and present their ideas or solutions.
• The leader provides a safe environment for people to fail.

Activating the Adaptive Space

Sharing a short video, from Brad Drogosh, on some key elements of the Adaptive Space.

Subsequently, learning from Arena (2018) on his concept of Adaptive Space, I’ve concisely adopted the concept in the table below.