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Leadership Math: Sometimes Adaptation Requires Subtraction
What the research says
One of the most recent Adaptive Leaders articles observes a familiar leadership tendency: organizations are much better at adding priorities, initiatives, and expectations than removing them.
The piece uses Curiosity, Courage, and Care to explore what leaders may need to stop doing in order to make space for what matters most.
Why it matters for adaptivity · Institute interpretation
Transformation is not always about becoming capable of doing more. Sometimes it requires releasing what no longer serves the next season.
A question worth sitting with
What are we carrying forward simply because we have not had the courage to stop it?
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