Are You Transforming Or Adapting?

Transformation = A thorough change in composition or structure.

Adaptation = The change or the process of change by which an entity becomes better suited to its environment.

What a week! We closed the 2021 OPEN MINDS Executive Leadership Retreat today, after a four-day deep dive into how to develop the next generation of leaders needed in the health and human service field. There was a lot of discussion this week about “transformation.” But transformation is often confused with adaptation. The fact that children attended school by Zoom or that health care services were delivered virtually during the pandemic does not . . .