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How Adaptability Has Become My Fuel Into the Never-Normal

With adaptability as my filter, I find new opportunities every day among the prevailing uncertainty, disruption and sometimes chaos. It has given me renewed confidence and reinforced my role as a future of work influencer and thought leader. It has given me a positive voice that is heard above all the noise and daily distractions. 

Ira S. Wolfe, AQai Certified Partner

August 30, 2021

Adaptability

5 Adaptability Skills You need to Thrive in the 2020’s

As we approach the 1-year anniversary of global lockdowns due to the Pandemic, it’s clear the world of work will never be the same. This pace of change is quickening, and that level of change and uncertainty can create a great deal of fear.

Amy Lewis, AQai Certified Partner

March 3, 2021

Digital

Workplace Actualization: Leveraging Learning and Developing Adaptability

The seemingly limitless potential of human ingenuity is manifesting in the increasing intelligent nature of technological innovation. Intelligent technology is developing new and better intelligent technology which furthers both the potential of human ingenuity and the promise of technology.

Jeffrey G. Soper, Ph.D. Certified AQai Partner, and Suha F. Daou, Ph.D., principals of LIPPartners INC

March 2, 2021

Adaptability

Adaptability Quotient; a foundation for survival and the key to thriving in an era of massive disruption.

Difficult situations, ones perceived outside of our control, are the moments in life when choosing how to show up creates waves of immeasurable impact. Impact on ourselves, our family, our community, our Nation and our planet...

Ross Thornley

March 24, 2020

Personality

The Importance of Context: Why We Need To Think Collaboratively If We Are To Adapt

At AQai, we are transforming the field of ‘people metrics’, and we see again that there is often an individual-focus. With rare exceptions, such as the Motivational Map, which has team and organisational functionalities, the majority of people metrics such as Kolbe...

Ross Thornley

February 8, 2020

Human Resources

How To Combat Loneliness and Isolation When Working Remotely

More and more people are working remotely. But whilst working from home or using tools such as Slack, Skype, Zoom, or other digital connectors, has proven hugely advantageous for many, it is not without its downsides. I spoke with Mike Raven, co-founder of Adaptai and experienced digital nomad...

Ross Thornley

December 17, 2019

Adaptability

Can Learning Adaptability Help Us Close the Skills Gap?

There is a great deal of anxiety around employability, skills, and future job prospects at the moment; the anxiety is not only understandable, but rational. According to the new IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) study, 120 million workers in twelve of the world’s largest economies...

Ross Thornley

December 9, 2019

Human Potential

The 4 Cs Formula Needed To Create Transformative Personal Breakthroughs

All of us, in life, want to make break-throughs, unless we are in a really unhealthy frame of mind, which sadly is the case for some. However, the majority of us want success, we want to make steps forward, we want to grow, and we want to break-through...

Ross Thornley

November 26, 2019

Business

3 Ways You Can Future-Proof Your Business

In our exponential world, everything could (will) change tomorrow, and the pace of change is increasing, doubling in fact, in accordance with Moore’s law. Soon, we will approach the singularity, where the outcomes of change will become impossible to predict...

Ross Thornley

November 21, 2019

Adaptability

UNLEARN: The Future of Work & A New Operating System For Change

To help us transition and discuss how this new operating system might look, we hosted UNLEARN: The Future of Work, as part of a private event series, a small gathering of game-changers and pioneers to discuss and share ideas for the future global workforce in a world of accelerating change...

Ross Thornley

November 19, 2019

Digital

AI Might As Well Be Extra-Terrestrial, Here’s How We Can Have A Good Relationship With It

A theme of this new world that is emerging around us, is letting go. Letting go of old knowledge and processes that no longer benefit us, letting go of old societal norms, letting go of apprehensions about interacting with inhuman interfaces. The reality is, whether we like it or not, it’s coming...

Ross Thornley

November 15, 2019

Personality

How Serena Williams’ Comeback Can Teach Us The Principle of ‘Un-learning’

Earlier this year, the BBC published a series of articles on the 101 ways worklife is changing today. One of the most interesting articles, by Lisa Leong, discussed adaptability quotient, and its importance in the modern workplace. In fact, Leong went so far as to describe AQ as the ‘X-factor for career success.’...

Ross Thornley

September 22, 2019

Adaptability

Why AQ Is So Much Bigger Than The Workplace

Earlier this year, the BBC published a series of articles on the 101 ways worklife is changing today. One of the most interesting articles, by Lisa Leong, discussed adaptability quotient, and its importance in the modern workplace. In fact, Leong went so far as to describe AQ as the ‘X-factor for career success.’...

Ross Thornley

September 6, 2019

Innovation

Can Societal Change Trigger Positive Adaption?

Staying ahead of the curve is not just about responding to change, but predicting and influencing it. The reality is that it’s not only technology that is rapidly changing our world, but the strategic by-products from access to tremendous amounts of information...

Ross Thornley

August 28, 2019

Digital

The Human Cost of Our Rapidly Changing World

In general, when we talk about our rapidly changing world, we talk about humans and technology in isolation, as though the two are naturally separated, or worse as two opposing forces in a battle for supremacy. However, I believe technology is inert until we give it a purpose...

Ross Thornley

August 19, 2019

Adaptability

4 Key Abilities of Adaptability You Can Learn

Adaptability has been described by the Harvard Business Review as ‘the new competitive advantage’. Research data from LinkedIn (2018) has revealed that adaptability topped the top five soft skills that employers were looking for in new candidates...

Ross Thornley

August 1, 2019

Digital

Which 7 Essential Skills Will Define Our Future?

With the rise of machine-learning, robotics, sensors, algorithms, and AI, it’s becoming clear that humanity cannot continue to thrive in the same way we used to. Everywhere, professions are being challenged and in some areas outright outmoded by technological innovations...

Ross Thornley

July 14, 2019

Human Potential

Why You Should Be Unreasonable

In a world of deadlines, budgets, and performance reviews, it’s understandable that few individuals would want to be seen as “unreasonable.” The exposure brought on by daring to be unreasonable can be frightening, and the prospect of doing harm...

Ross Thornley

December 14, 2018

Innovation

Why All Businesses Need Rapid Experimentation, But Few Actually Do It

I believe many leaders now know innovation isn’t an event. In the past they set up ‘innovation labs’, places with bean bags and hoped this would foster solutions to help solve their future development roadmaps, unlock deeper customer insights and ensure a sustainable...

Ross Thornley

December 11, 2018

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