S8 E6: Adaptability Quotient

Whether you’re a business leader, educator or an individual, your secret weapon to build a foundation to thrive in the human age is to high grade your Adaptability Quotient (AQ). AQ is the measure of how skilled you are in making intentional change in an environment that is evolving at speed. According to the Harvard Business Review, it is the new competitive advantage. Every time I raise the opportunity AQ provides with business leaders their faces light up. Leaders are searching for the 'how' to skill a workforce in a future of unknowns, how do they fast track the talent that will drive a future-focused culture with innovation at its core? A quick search of Google and you will discover social scientists and psychologists sharing their perspectives on why developing AQ is considered even more critical than EQ (Emotional Intelligence Quotient) and IQ (Intelligence Quotient) in the current environment. Without AQ, EQ and IQ are like a two-legged stool, unstable, and likely to fall. In the near future, we will see AQ measures embedded and used as an indicator of future success in education and organisations.