Adaptive Adoption™¶
The human side of AI adoption: Change Agility™, Leadership Delta™, and Behavioral Governance™.
Adaptive Adoption brings together the capabilities organisations build, the behaviours leaders practise, and the governance that enables responsible action. Three disciplines, 20 pillars and dimensions, with practical tools and an explicit intellectual lineage.
Read the framework · Use the live tools · Read the whitepapers · View the diagrams
Start here¶
| Your purpose | Where to begin |
|---|---|
| Understand the approach | Framework overview and executive briefing |
| Assess an organisation or a stuck initiative | Live tools and assessments |
| Apply the framework | The three discipline guides below, with 20 current pillar and dimension pages |
| Present or share it | Framework diagrams and publications |
| Study or challenge it | Research foundations, provenance, and contribution guide |
Three disciplines¶
| Discipline | Focus | Structure |
|---|---|---|
| Change Agility™ — The Flywheel | Build continuing adaptive capacity through tools, processes, behaviours, and skills | 7 pillars |
| Leadership Delta™ — The Torque | Lead self, others, and the organisational system through observable practice | 7 dimensions |
| Behavioral Governance™ — The Guardrails | Connect enacted governance standards to self-report, evidence, and observation | 6 dimensions |
Current edition¶
The three discipline guides and their 20 numbered pages were synchronized with paulgibbonsadvisory.com on 6 September 2026. The tools index lists 17 applications shown as live; the publications index links seven published discussion documents.
The website is the canonical source for the current framework wording and published editions. Older research, draft tools, and historical model cards remain supporting material, with their status identified separately. Source and version notes explain what was reconciled and how to refresh it.
Use, study, challenge, improve¶
Browse and download without a GitHub account. To propose a correction, share evidence, or contribute a tool, see Contributing. For technical implementation, see the diagnostics system documentation.
Author and attribution¶
Paul Gibbons — author of 10 books, adviser, and keynote speaker on AI adoption, leadership, and organisational change.
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Repository content is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, as previously stated in this repository. Preserve author and third-party attribution. Linked publications and third-party material retain their own notices. Adaptive Adoption™, Leadership Delta™, Behavioral Governance™, People-first AI™, and Accelerated Workforce™ are trademarks of Paul Gibbons.