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Evolving the way we work with AI and smart technology
The integration of artificial intelligence in leadership development is still in its early stages, with only 24% of professionals currently utilizing AI, according to the LEADx Leadership Development Benchmark Report 2O24. It’s no surprise the most popular use case is...
Mindset growth through leadership development
Download Adeption Insights Series: Mindset growth through leadership development. One of the biggest challenges leadership development practitioners face is proving the tangible impact and return on investment of development initiatives. This is particularly true when...
How To Develop Adaptive Leaders
Leaders are increasingly grappling with complex challenges, rapid change, and growing demands on their time and attention. Our new Insight Series Report, How to Develop Adaptive Leaders, dives into the challenges, goals and shifts leaders are focused on today....
Back to the future.
In a time of rapid disruption, how can we support leaders to be agile and find new solutions to lead their teams forward? There’s a lot we can learn by looking back to the past… way back to 2OO,OOO years ago. This is when early humans lived in the Serengeti, Africa,...
Empowering leaders for the future of work
What does the future of leadership development look like? In the last 12 months, we’ve worked with organizations that are doing some incredible work to help their leaders navigate disruption and change. Our clients around the world tell us they’re facing volatility on...
Five mistakes
CARL SANDERS EDWARDS Last week we held our first Global Chat for the year and I was the guest primed with discussing 5 mistakes I have made over the past 15 years of deep work in enabling quality leadership development at scale. Gulp, sharing mistakes felt vulnerable...
Coaching Conversation with Lettie Dalton
“I always wanted to become a leader and now I don’t.” That’s an eye-opening start to a conversation with a leadership development professional! We are discussing the path Lettie Dalton has taken on her way to becoming a coach, facilitator, and General Manager of...
Coaching Conversation with Dan Lake
Long before Dan Lake was a lead facilitator and coach at Adeption, he was a bungy jump instructor and tour guide. “It’s different but similar when you compare motivating people to leap off a bridge and taking a professional or personal leap of faith. Most people...
Leadership Insights: Story editing
Carl Sanders Edwards My Dad was a primary school teacher. Unlike most teachers in those days, he was popular with the kids. I remember as a 6-year-old that everyone in our town seemed to know Dad and want to stop and chat and engage. So I asked him why. "Oh, they...
Leadership Insights: How’s your to-do list?
Carl Sanders Edwards I took a deep breath. I gulped the bitter green tea, squeezing the caffeine placebo as much as I could. "Two more", I said to myself hoping for a mantra like boost. I was exhausted but still needed to do more. I wasn't finishing an adventure...
The Vertical Incubator 2022 World Tour Wrap-up
Be conscious. Be curious. Be better. At our core, Adeption is not about technology or methodology. Instead, we are about a community of people. People who are passionate about growth, development, and helping others to be better leaders. Nothing demonstrates this...
Fortune 500 survey about Vertical Development
We asked HR executives of Fortune 500 companies in Silicon Valley about emerging trends around Vertical Development in 2022. Over the course of the year, we have seen multiple signs of increased interest in Vertical Development. For example, we received a record...