Introduction to Adaptive Action

Adaptive Action is the simple, iterative, inquiry process at the center of human systems dynamics.

It includes three questions (What? So what? Now what?) that open a world of adaptive capacity. When you dont know what to do, when you are in the middle of chaos, you can always ask these questions and find your next wise action. This excerpt from Adaptive Action: Leveraging Uncertainty in Your Organization introduces this principle and practice.

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