From the course: Developing Adaptable Employees
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The adaptive mindset
From the course: Developing Adaptable Employees
The adaptive mindset
- Change is all around you, in the news, in the technology you use, in the way entire industries are becoming disrupted. But as workers, we don't always adapt to those changes as quickly as we could. Now that may have been acceptable in earlier times, when change was slower. But today, adapting to change is a critical skill set that all workers need to learn right now, today. In fact, as a manager, you're probably working in an organization that's subject to dramatic change, whether it's because your field is being disrupted, or because your organization is going through a major transition, such as a merger, acquisition, upsizing or downsizing. Even if you think you're in an industry that isn't changing dramatically, there's no guarantee that there won't be a sudden change soon. In the early 1990s, few people predicted that industries like media and entertainment would become so rapidly disrupted. So don't think that you're immune. As industries, technologies, and the very nature of…
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