Adaptability
Context switch
Move a capability you already have into a setting where you have not used it.
The shape
- Original context
- Identify the capability underneath
- Adapt the expression
- New context
Why that order
Most people who cannot do a thing in a new room can already do it in an old one. Naming the invariant is what makes the transfer possible.
A worked example
- Original
- Explaining a technical problem to engineers.
- The capability
- Explaining complexity clearly.
- New context
- Explaining the same problem to a customer.
- Adaptation
- Drop the technical detail, lead with impact, options and next steps.
Used in
Where this shape does its work in a real situation.
Mostly serves Intent, and reaches into Message and Connection.
A framework tells you what shape the answer takes. It cannot tell you whether shape is what you are short of, and for most people it is not. Which one is yours, and whether a framework is the right instrument at all, is what a Discovery Call is for.
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