Manage Uncertainty and Change with Adaptability

Charles Darwin discovered a key principle of evolution — survival of the fittest.  Massive dinosaurs dominated Earth for 20 million years, but following a sudden environmental change, it was the insignificant, tiny, agile mammals that adapted and survived. Darwin...

Resilience

  A company’s level of resilience may determine whether it succeeds or fails, how constructively it responds to change, setbacks and stress. A well developed culture is resilient. Resilient Plant A 400 person California manufacturing plant, one of 10 in the...

Evolution and Company Culture

  Company cultures do not develop with the familiar analyze-plan-direct process used for operational issues. Cultures develop with an evolutionary process, .i.e. in response to the environment, to opportunities — never against resistance. You might induce a work...