The Ability to Change Declines When It Is No Longer Practiced
Most organizations believe they’re adaptable — until they’re asked to do something they’ve never done before.
The real test isn’t how efficiently an organization executes its current operating model. It’s whether it can build a new one.
Adaptation isn’t an event. It isn’t something you switch on during disruption. It’s a capability that must be exercised long before it’s needed — and like any capability, it degrades when left unused.
By the time change becomes unavoidable, many organizations discover they’ve become exceptionally good at repeating yesterday’s success, but have lost the ability to create tomorrow’s.
Why adaptation has a half-life, and why the capacity to change is one of leadership’s most important investments.
https://primamachina.substack.com/p/adaptation-has-a-half-life