Setting Up Ways to be Adaptive

Luke Pivac
Agile | Adapt
Published in
6 min readJan 11, 2023

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A key outcome of an an agile mindset is becoming adaptive

The way businesses do things these days has changed. It is not enough to release great products — especially in an environment where the market is crowded with dozens of other competitors fighting to get customers attention. These days, we need a new set of guidelines to help teams manage change. The key is being adaptive, and that starts with you!

This article is split into three parts:

  1. Being Adaptive
  2. Tools to be Adaptive, and
  3. Putting it all Together.

So let’s go!

1. Being Adaptive

What was the old way?

To know what the new way looks like, let’s explore what the old ways were.

  • Promoting people who are good at their jobs to management and just giving them ‘enough’ training.
  • Thrive on status in a steady market position.
  • And so on.

With ever-changing market conditions, the only certainty is change. And that is where being adaptive is your super-power.

How to be adaptive

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Luke Pivac
Agile | Adapt

An experienced delivery leader - helping teams succeed by using an adaptive-mindset. Thought-leader and published author. PSM-1, MSP5, ICP-ATF, ICP-APM, ICP-DAS