Evolutionary Provocateur

VUCA: Volatility, Uncertainty, complexity and Ambiguity. These set the context for business operations and, in the big picture, the evolution of enterprise including institutional and non-profits. Everyone is a change agent in a climate of complex adaptation but change imposed from the top down as a reaction to these variables sets up resistance. People prefer to choose change. When organizations exit the trajectory of adaptive change for safer, more familiar ground they miss the moment to inject personal mastery, personal confidence and security not grounded in outer conditions but grounded in inner courage, resiliency and knowing that stepping into the gap is the only means to use this environment to innovate. Dawna speaks with Dr. Carol Mase, author of an article on Adaptive Change. Carol has an extensive education in medical and social sciences and has worked as an entrepreneur, global marketing executive, and organizational coach-consultant. She brings the 'new sciences' of complexity, neuroscience, an