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Superadaptability

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Superadaptability

How to Thrive in an Age of Uncertainty

De Gruyter,

15 minutes de lecture
10 points à retenir
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Transcend limiting systems, situations, and patterns by learning to “loop.”

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In a world awash with advice about habits and productivity, leadership thinker Max McKeown challenges the obsession with doing more, better. Instead, he invites you to examine the systems, situations, and patterns that create overwhelm and constraint, and to learn how to transcend and disrupt them. McKeown’s practical, clear guidance blends crisp conceptual framing with vivid, real-life illustrations from numerous fields, including science, athletics, and art. His framework of loops, rules, and habits offers a guide to living calmly and creatively amid chaos.

Summary

Superadaptability helps you identify and transcend limiting patterns, systems, and situations.

Many people understand the value of habits and routines, but they still feel overwhelmed, stuck, and limited, for reasons they can’t quite explain. They don’t need better habits or routines. Rather, they require a playbook for transcending uncertainty, overwhelm, and limitation. In other words, they need superadaptability — a set of metahabits that enables people to recognize, disrupt, and rewire limiting systems, situations, and patterns. Superadaptability consists of a three-step loop:

  1. Recognize — Detect that something has changed or that something new is possible.
  2. Understand — Interpret what this shift means. Use models to clarify the best path forward.
  3. Take necessary action — Do what’s required to move forward, then lock in the change so you can respond faster and more effectively next time.

However, superadaptability begins even earlier, with the capacity to stay calm and take effective action amid overwhelm. Before the loop comes “rule zero”: breathe. By pausing to take a breath, superadapters...

About the Author

Coach and consultant Max McKeown specializes in innovation strategy, leadership and culture. His books include The Strategy Book, The Innovation Book, Unshrink Yourself, and Adaptability.

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