IQ and EQ don’t matter.
Or at least they matter less.
We train teams on a new product… and it’s outdated a week later.
We roll out a new performance process… and tweak it before adoption even sticks.
There’s a new “Q” that matters most for you and your teams.
I heard a speaker named Amin Toufani recently talk about how AQ—Adaptability Quotient—is what determines success.
Because the real skill today is keeping up. And AQ is being agile in times of change.
My friend Megan Wheeler just shared this great article with me:
Moving from Static AI Literacy to an Always-on Learning Arena which included this AI Learning Flywheel:
The core idea: traditional training is broken. The business evolves too fast for one-time learning to work.
The solution isn’t more training. It's building systems where learning is always happening.
The best companies are creating “learning flywheels” where insights are constantly created, shared, and applied in real time.
But this is easy to say and hard to do. Humans are naturally resistant to change. They need to be led through it with vision, intentionality, and patience.
Our belief:
You don’t scale learning through programs.
You scale it by turning leaders into teachers.
I recently recorded a train-the-trainer video for my ScaleJOY Collective. I break down one of my favorite change models - that shows the cycle of reactions people have to experience anytime they deal with change.
People Leaders who can navigate major changes and help make their teams more adaptable are exactly what we’ve been trying to build with the ScaleJOY Collective. The best organizations will be learning organizations. And learning organizations need leaders who are always learning. The Collective has:
Spark – Live sessions with real leaders sharing what’s actually working
Spread – Plug-and-play templates and training resources
Scale – Turn your leaders into teachers and multipliers
Sustain – Always-on learning + fresh content + community
We’re opening up 100 Founding Member spots for the ScaleJOY Collective at a special discount.
If you’re trying to keep up with change (without rebuilding your training every quarter), this is for you.
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