THE ADAPTIVE ADOPTION FRAMEWORK
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Lead Self
(I)
Lead System
(It)
Lead Others
(We)
CHANGE
TORQUE
D1
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Strategic Imagination
Offense vs. defense posture; spotting AI's
second-order effects
D2
·
Active Modeling
Leadership immersion in AI tools; visible
practice, not delegation
D3
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Creative Cultivation
Building psychological safety for AI
experimentation
D4
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Friction Courage
Willingness to challenge resistance, inertia,
and legacy thinking
D5
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Trust Calibration
Tuning relational, institutional, self-, and
task trust (RIST framework)
D6
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Ethical Stewardship
Governance, fairness, and responsible deployment
at scale
D7
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Systems Orchestration
Aligning structure, process, and incentives for
AI integration
The AI Leadership Delta
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PAUL GIBBONS · ADAPTIVE ADOPTION FRAMEWORK