The Adaptive Cultures Practitioner Accreditation journey has been life-changing for me and quite simply, the most effective and powerful adult learning experience I have had. Alison and Andrew patiently guide us to be our best selves, celebrating our successes and challenging us to explore deeper and further, both individually and as agents for cultural transformation within our organisations, by drawing on their deep experience, methodology and pure passion for human connection. Although the pace of the program is flexible, the desire to learn is strong.  The work is infectious, sometimes exhausting, but continually raises our awareness to what is possible – providing a framework upon which we can build our capacity to lead cultural transformation –  celebrating small wins and realising the true impact of incremental change! The workshop setting is a haven away from the complexity and bustle of a workday where we can focus, reflect and collaborate in a way that enables building meaningful relationships with like-minded peers and developing an expanding practitioner community. Will you join us?

Although the pace of the program is flexible, the desire to learn is strong.  The work is infectious, sometimes exhausting, but continually raises our awareness to what is possible – providing a framework upon which we can build our capacity to lead cultural transformation –  celebrating small wins and realising the true impact of incremental change!

Dear Andrew & Alison, I want to thank you both personally for the energy, support and wisdom that you shared, both as a group and privately.  Despite all the pre-reading and thinking, I only now appreciate the beauty and clarity of the approach that you have developed, and how it interweaves and connects so many varying and critical principles, instruments and concepts into one unique kaleidoscope! We all have a challenging and complex journey ahead, and speaking for myself, I am now more clear than ever that I am on the right road together with the right people. In closing, allow me to thank you both for your humanity and generosity which you shared with us all so unreservedly, as we start our journeys.

I have been working with the Adaptive Cultures approach and framework for about 2 years now and find it the most impactful approach I have ever used. Although Kegan’s theory of adult development has long influenced my work in leadership development, for organisational change the adaptive cultures framework and the white paper are so very applicable and understandable to groups who normally do not think this way. In our corporate environment that emphasises the ‘hard’ over the ‘soft stuff’ and does not like the word ‘culture’, we find that engineers, project managers, IT guys and leaders have all been very responsive to the model. It is tangible for them to diagnose where they are and where they need to go for the business to stay successful. The steps to move from one stage to another, as described in the white paper, are practical and clear, and sit well with our groups. In these unpredictable times characterised by ambiguity and uncertainty, there is no question that we as individuals and organisations’ must increase our adaptability in order to survive. The Adaptive Cultures approach is the best one I know to help us get there.

When leading transformational change at the South Australian EPA I was blessed to be able to draw significantly on the cutting edge approach of Alison and Andrew from Adaptive Cultures. The best way I can describe their work is to say that it is as if they possess X-ray vision and can see right through to the bones of an organization, as well as ultra-sound-like perception of the vital organs! Their combined experience and unique insight equips them with the extraordinary capacity to ask the kind of questions which elicit and uncover new understanding about where an organisational culture is really at. Not always comfortable questions but essentially revealing in a most powerful way. It also enables them to advise wisely on the right interventions for the organization as a whole as well as the unique requirements of units within to make “change” initiatives more effective. Through their work it became apparent to me that culture change is an evolutionary process, how to wisely navigate the journey in a way that worked for my organizations stage of development, at each challenging step of the way. I wholeheartedly endorse Alison and Andrew.