Only those who can adapt intelligently to a constantly changing environment will survive. This theory applies not only to biology but also to organizations. If you want to survive, it’s crucial to understand how the world around you is changing.
This is the essence of Return on Learning (ROL): systematically mapping developments that can positively or negatively impact your world, enabling you to learn how to adapt. It’s all about increasing adaptability.
ROL builds the capacity to think and act with a long-term perspective. It provides insights into the backgrounds, assumptions, and potential opportunities for renewal. ROL focuses on achieving high learning curves in domains crucial for the future. This contrasts with Return on Investment (ROI), which reinforces short-term thinking and actions.
ROL emphasizes high learning curves in domains that can strongly influence the future of organizations, positively or negatively. By working with ROL in a structured and systematic manner, future thinking is genuinely embedded within organizations and governments. This prevents current solutions from remaining dominant in the future. It creates a high level of adaptability based on valuable insights which are continually acquired and enhanced by ROL.
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Structurally orienting your organization toward the future.