How do you score on your "AQ"?
I've always been proud of the fact that I'm adaptable, resilient and "fit" for change but recent reflections have made me question that fact. Yes, I've always embraced change and adapted to it but I've realised that I don't always actively seek it out. So how can I expect to be resilient if I don't build up my resilience in the first place by doing things that scare me?! I have a love / hate relationship with change; once I'm in the middle of it, I love it, it's exciting but in the build up to change, I hate it, because deep down I'm scared of it and what it might entail. Lately, I've been reading more and more about "AQ", in other words "Adaptability Quotient". Many of us know that the demise of Blockbuster came about because they didn't adapt quickly enough to launch a rival streaming service to Netflix. Likewise with the Lotus 123 spreadsheet program, they sat back when Microsoft's Excel came along. ...