Handout: Technical and Adaptive Leadership Solutions

Technical solutions are characterized by fairly clear solutions to a problem with a clear plan of action and little controversy. Technical challenges can be resolved rather quickly and are not usually recurring.

When would your leadership team use TECHNICAL solutions when responding to data?

Adaptive solutions are process oriented and often include competing analysis of perspectives to determine a viable solution. The path of action is not always clear and usually requires a series of plan, do, study, act (PDSA) cycles to refine action over time. The solution requires learning by all.

When would your leadership team use ADAPTIVE solutions when responding to data?