Teams are often asked to solve a problem before they have fully discerned what is causing it, whose needs matter, or what success would look like. A technically correct solution can still fail when the real challenge involves conflicting priorities, habits, expectations, or assumptions.

Adaptive Leadership offers a practical framework for diagnosing challenges, implementing change, and anticipating problems before they escalate. Drawing on graduate training in Adaptive Leadership from Harvard Kennedy School and extensive experience as a nonprofit executive, business professor, leadership trainer, and consultant , Kaomi Joy Taylor equips participants with practical tools for seeing challenges differently, identifying underlying dynamics, and crafting highly effective responses.

Participants will learn to:

> Separate the visible problem from the assumptions beneath it.

> Distinguish technical challenges from adaptive ones.

> Surface competing priorities and perspectives before choosing an intervention.

> Frame better questions to guide decisions and next steps.

> Anticipate emerging problems and intervene before they escalate into crises.

Keywords: Adaptive Leadership, Problem-Solving, Decision-Making, Systems Thinking, Risk Management, Crisis Prevention