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Contents

Acknowledgments

Part One: Introduction: Purpose and Possibility

1. How to Use This Book

Adaptive Challenges and Adaptive Capacity

2. The Theory Behind the Practice

The Illusion of the Broken System

Distinguishing Technical Problems from Adaptive Challenges

Distinguishing Leadership from Authority

Living in the Disequilibrium

Observe, Interpret, Intervene

Experiment and Take Smart Risks Smartly

Engage Above and Below the Neck

Connect to Purpose

3. Before You Begin

Don’t Do It Alone

Live Life as a Leadership Laboratory

Resist the Leap to Action

Discover the Joy of Making Hard Choices

Part Two: Diagnose the System

4. Diagnose the System

The Elegance and Tenacity of the Status Quo

Discover Structural ...

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