Thursday, June 10, 2010
Super-Flexibility: A Leader’s Toolkit in Dynamic Environments
For people in any realm of achievement, flexibility is an important skill. Super-flexibility is important, especially if it enhances ability to hit the target.
The authors of the book Super –Flexibility for Knowledge Enterprises: A Toolkit for Dynamic Adaptation (Springer, June 2010) focused on business. They coined the term “super-flexibility” to describe the ability to deploy dual approaches to a given challenge. Bahrami explains, “We define super-flexibility as a constant balancing act between the ability to withstand turbulence and the ability to transform and adapt to it.” For example, Apple has reinvented itself from a personal computer company to a consumer electronics & mobile entity, but its core mission of focusing on human-machine interface and making technology intuitive and easy-to-use has stayed the same.
See the entire article about research focuses on five cross-disciplinary themes for operating in dynamic settings.
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