How well adapted are we? By Teresa Strausz

So what in the world does this video have to do with organizations or organization development? As we work with and in organizations, asking the question “How will the chicks fare here?” as the narrator does in this video, can help us open up to what ways we might adapt to an ever-changing organizational landscape. How are our organizational dynamics and resources faring in the face of new landscapes? Are we adapting our structures or are we hanging onto our old way of nest-building as the tried and true way of surviving?

The need for adaptation in our organizational and leadership lives is in direct relationship to the degree we are or are not “matched to a new set of circumstances.” How are you currently matched to your circumstances? How are your chicks faring?