{"title":"Examining Complex Problem Solving in Communities Through the Lens of Kirton'S Adaption-Innovation Theory","authors":"Mary T. Rodriguez, Sarah A. Bush","doi":"10.1002/jls.21838","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>The current philosophical paper brings the concepts of community, complex adaptive systems, wicked problems, and Kirton's (2011) adaption-innovation (A-I) theory together as a model to encourage practitioners to recognize the importance of cognitive diversity for sustainable and impactful solutions. Leadership and change practitioners often face the complexity of addressing community based wicked problems. A-I theory offers an additional perspective to help teams foster structural changes in these complex adaptive systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":45503,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Leadership Studies","volume":"17 1","pages":"38-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5000,"publicationDate":"2023-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jls.21838","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Leadership Studies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jls.21838","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"MANAGEMENT","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The current philosophical paper brings the concepts of community, complex adaptive systems, wicked problems, and Kirton's (2011) adaption-innovation (A-I) theory together as a model to encourage practitioners to recognize the importance of cognitive diversity for sustainable and impactful solutions. Leadership and change practitioners often face the complexity of addressing community based wicked problems. A-I theory offers an additional perspective to help teams foster structural changes in these complex adaptive systems.