You can't build an adaptable organization without adaptable people - and individuals change only when they have to, or when they want to.

To create an organization that's adaptable and innovative, people need the freedom to challenge precedent, to 'waste' time, to go outside of channels, to experiment, to take risks and to follow their passions.

In most organizations, change comes in only two flavors: trivial and traumatic. Review the history of the average organization and you'll discover long periods of incremental fiddling punctuated by occasional bouts of frantic, crisis-driven change.

Obviously, you don't have to be religious to be moral, and beastly people are sometimes religious.

Obviously, you don't have to be religious to be moral, and beastly people are sometimes religious.

An adaptable company is one that captures more than its fair share of new opportunities. It's always redefining its 'core business' in ways that open up new avenues for growth.