The Society for Adaptive Organisations (https://adaptive-organisations.org) was founded by practitioners, leaders and organisational thinkers who had arrived at the same conclusion: adaptivity lies beyond the reach of any single framework, methodology or consulting approach. It asks for a body of knowledge that integrates structure, strategy, leadership and relationships into a coherent whole, grounded in evidence and tested in practice.

The Society's work rests on four dimensions: fast improvement cycles, organisational multidexterity, solution orientation and adaptive leadership. Together they form a lens for examining, diagnosing and improving an organisation's capacity to adapt. Beneath them sit twelve principles describing the conditions from which adaptivity emerges, and around them the patterns, tools and guidance that turn principles into action.