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In times of high complexity and disruptive change

In a world where a sustainable competitive advantage no longer seems to exist it is hard to remain relevant. Competition comes from unexpected places. Markets and industries change faster than the weather. Once rock solid names crumble because they react too late.

You know this. But do you also know how to transform your organization into a fast moving idea machine that keeps outsmarting its competition? Do you know how to unlock the collective brain power and creativity of all your workers? Do you know how to tear down crippling bureaucracy and replace it with a nimble fluid structure designed for speed and adaptiveness?

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We are a knowledge platform, online community, and eco-system about the concept of adaptive organizations: organizations designed for dealing with complexity, continuous innovation, and fast decision-making. You can read articles, watch videos, scan our book reviews and case studies, attend high quality courses, use our carefully selected tools, or collaborate with other likeminded.

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We don’t pretend we know everything. We don’t pretend to be smarter than you. We are here to fuel you with new ideas and concepts. We empower you to make them work at your place.

Look at us as your guide. You know your business best. We know all about what it takes to be adaptive. We can help you transform your business to thrive in complexity and hyper-competition.

There’s a wealth of information we provide online. And we we offer a growing set of interlocking pressure-cooker courses that together will launch your journey to become an adaptive organization.

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There’s a whole lot of concepts, methodologies, and frameworks out there. They all promise you the world. But in isolation, they are just…tricks.

No matter how much you would like it, there is no easy way out. To survive you need more than tricks. You need to transform the very structure and culture of your organization as well.

That’s seems like a big effort. But… you are allowed to start small… and we guide you every step of the way…

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It is particularly strong at looking at desirability of a solution.” icon_font_size=”25px” _builder_version=”3.21″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”||||||||” title_font_size=”16px” custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”14px” button_text_color=”#E09900″ button_font=”||||||||” button_alignment=”center” link_option_url_new_window=”on” _i=”7″ _address=”4.0.1.0.7″][/image_hotspot_child][image_hotspot_child pointer_vertical_position=”74.5%” pointer_horizontal_position=”79.4%” tooltip_position=”top” tooltip_position_tablet=”tablet-top” tooltip_position_mobile=”mobile-top” title=”Lean Startup” desc=”The Lean Startup movement started by Eric Ries is an innovation framework mainly focused on feasibility of new products and services. While popularized among startups it is widely used in enterprises as well.” icon_font_size=”25px” _builder_version=”3.21″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”||||||||” title_font_size=”16px” custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”14px” button_text_color=”#E09900″ button_font=”||||||||” button_alignment=”center” link_option_url_new_window=”on” _i=”8″ _address=”4.0.1.0.8″][/image_hotspot_child][image_hotspot_child pointer_vertical_position=”88.6%” pointer_horizontal_position=”56.7%” tooltip_position=”top” tooltip_position_tablet=”tablet-top” tooltip_position_mobile=”mobile-top” title=”Lean Canvas” desc=”The Lean Canvas is a variation on Alex Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas targeted at startups and was designed by Ash Maurya. Since then Ash Maurya has made the Lean Canvas the center of a complete innovation framework, called Continuous Innovation. This is the base of the continuous innovation strategy of the adaptive organization.” icon_font_size=”25px” tooltip_width=”240px” _builder_version=”3.21″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”||||||||” title_font_size=”16px” custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”14px” button_text_color=”#E09900″ button_font=”||||||||” button_alignment=”center” link_option_url_new_window=”on” _i=”9″ _address=”4.0.1.0.9″][/image_hotspot_child][image_hotspot_child pointer_vertical_position=”84.5%” pointer_horizontal_position=”29.1%” tooltip_position=”top” tooltip_position_tablet=”tablet-top” tooltip_position_mobile=”mobile-top” title=”Complexity Theory” desc=”Complexity Theory is a foundational body of knowledge for the adaptive organization framework. It studies organizations as Complex Adaptive Systems which calls for a fundamental different organization structure and strategy.” icon_font_size=”25px” tooltip_width=”240px” _builder_version=”3.21″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”||||||||” title_font_size=”16px” custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”14px” button_text_color=”#E09900″ button_font=”||||||||” button_alignment=”center” link_option_url_new_window=”on” _i=”10″ _address=”4.0.1.0.10″][/image_hotspot_child][image_hotspot_child pointer_vertical_position=”61.9%” pointer_horizontal_position=”11.3%” tooltip_position=”right” tooltip_position_tablet=”tablet-right” tooltip_position_mobile=”mobile-right” title=”Lean” desc=”Lean is a very broad concept. 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