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on human adaptive capacity

Stories from our global listening project, transdisciplinary research, case studies from our work, thoughts from the team, and the occasional podcast.

Adaptive Capacity · Systems

The half-life of an organisational belief

Every organisation runs on beliefs it no longer tests. We looked at how long those beliefs survive contact with a changing environment.

Feb 10, 2025 · 12 min readRead insight
Adaptive Capacity · Behavior

Measuring adaptive capacity without a survey

Self-reporting tells you how people feel about change. Behaviour tells you what they can actually do with it.

Jan 27, 2025 · Working paperRead insight
Health · Connection

The Healing Power of Silence: How Quiet Time Enhances Your Relationships

Learn how silence can enhance your relationships, communication, and sense of connection.

Jul 14, 2025 · 4 min readRead insight
Identity · Systems

Changing Lens: Adapting experiences through cognitive flexibility

Cognitive flexibility is only a part of human adaptability. By taking an embodied approach to our wellbeing, we can cultivate a deeper recognition of the lens we use to view past, present, and future.

Jun 14, 2025 · 2 min readRead insight
Connection · Biology

What crisis teams know that strategists forget

A roundtable with practitioners who work under acute pressure — and what their instincts reveal about planning in calmer rooms.

Feb 3, 2025 · Roundtable transcriptRead insight
Philosophy · Identity

Feel Like Something's Missing? Explore Living an Interesting Life.

My experience was what researcher Shigehiro Oishi refers to as "psychologically rich," because it was novel, unknown, and challenging; inspired complex emotions; and changed my perspective in profound ways.

Apr 13, 2025 · 2 min readRead insight
Adaptive Capacity

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Our multi-media publication exploring human adaptive capacity -what it is to be human, how we function, and why it all matters. From the spiritual to the emotional, and the embodied to the metaphysical.

Mar 2, 2025 · 3 min readRead insight

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