Most Adults Lack Cognitive Skills to Cope with Rapid Environmental Change or Multinational Complexity
Coping with Complexity
- A Complex World Requires Higher Cognitive Capabilities for Institutional Survival
- Leaders must Work at Multiple Waves/Levels
- Leaders must reduce polarization and Minimize inter-Wave Conflict
- Create positive, sticky messages that might grab all Waves
Capabilities
Systems and Structures must be able to Cope with the Next Wave/Level of Complexity
- Identify Organizational Capabilities
- Assessment tools for organizations
- Evaluate Individual Capabilities
- Assessment tools for individuals
- Evaluate Capabilities Required
- Determine what capabilities will be required by your business units to execute future strategies