by Rob Malcolm | Mar 31, 2026 | Source Note
Part of the Adaptive Capacity model → View full model Relational Domain Organisations do not learn — people in relationships do. Trust determines whether tacit knowledge is shared or withheld. Relationships are the medium through which learning, adaptation, and ethics...
by Rob Malcolm | Mar 31, 2026 | Source Note
Part of the Adaptive Capacity model → View full model Action Domain Where learning becomes real — and consequences cannot be avoided Action is the only place where organisations cannot pretend. Action is not execution — it is where meaning, capability, and ethics are...
by Rob Malcolm | Mar 30, 2026 | Source Note
Part of the Adaptive Capacity model → View full model Sensemaking Domain Sensemaking is not analysis — it is the ongoing interpretation of reality in interaction. Organisations do not perceive reality as a system.Reality is continually constructed through the...
by Rob Malcolm | Mar 30, 2026 | Source Note
Part of the Adaptive Capacity model → View full model Ethical Domain How ethical alignment shapes decision-making Ethics is not a statement of values. Ethics isn’t just about values. It is the pattern of decisions an organisation makes — especially under...
by Rob Malcolm | Mar 30, 2026 | Source Note
Part of the Adaptive Capacity model → View full model Learning Domain How organisational learning actually forms (and fails) Learning is not the accumulation of knowledge. It is the ongoing ability of an organisation to adapt its behaviour through shared...
by Rob Malcolm | Jan 7, 2026 | Source Note
Every so often, an old idea shakes the walls. This week, my windows were literally rattling as I rediscovered the work of Ralph D. Stacey, a key influencer from more than a decade ago. Rereading his words, I realised how deeply they still resonate — not as nostalgia,...