Working with adaption‐innovation in leadership practice: What works and what's missing?

Sheffield, Rob

Abstract

The current paper reviews examples of working with organizational leaders and integrating adaption-innovation (A-I) theory and its associated psychometric, the Kirton's Adaption-Innovation Inventory (KAI; Kirton, 1985). Three specific in-depth cases are reviewed and analyzed, and a series of learning insights are shared. A set of key enabling factors are argued to transform A-I related insights to valuable actions. These include emotional intelligence capabilities focused on self-and-others; the role of a structured learning process to aid reflection and action; effective coping behavior that sustains the options for action; and examples of the sourcing and use of diversity. Areas for further research into practice are also described.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 2, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Apr 17, 2023
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2023
• Deposit Date: Jun 7, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 7, 2023
• Journal: Journal of Leadership Studies
• Print ISSN: 1935-2611
• Electronic ISSN: 1935-262X
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jls.21840
• Keywords: Symposium
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10689029
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jls.21840