Hacking HR to Build an Adaptability Advantage

The biggest enemies of adaptability are conscious or subconscious fear of change, rigidity of thoughts and homogeneity on the workplace. Fighting against rigidity is possible by supporting of the ideas of co-workers, by creating a knowledge-friendly culture. These creative ideas are the essences of adaptability and thus of competitive...

Our mental attitude towards change is limiting how organisations and individuals respond.  Organisation initiatives are positioned as 'change projects' - how many people genuinely are excited by change? For many change equals fear; if we fear something we generally resist it.  Within organisations, we build up the change project to...

Like other contributors centralisation is the enemy of adaptability, centralisation enables macro-level structures, networks and governance allowing top-down management to 'devolve trust'. Conversely, the same org factors create mistrust by smoothering the importance of relational, pyschological and social trust.

Here are some signs of organizational procrastination:

• Indecisiveness: decision making takes too long and becomes 'bogged down' in process and bureaucracy; when it does happen it's often too late.

• Lethargy: leaders demonstrate little energy or

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