KAI Theory as a Möbius Strip: A Twist in Thinking about Problem Solving

dc.contributor.authorKaufman, Eric K.en
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-07T02:54:01Zen
dc.date.available2021-03-07T02:54:01Zen
dc.date.issued2021-02-24en
dc.date.updated2021-03-07T02:53:54Zen
dc.description.abstractConsidering Kirton’s Adaption-Innovation (KAI) Theory, can we embrace an unorientable relationship between adaption and innovation? In 1976, Kirton purported “that everyone can be located on a continuum ranging from an ability to ‘do things better’ to an ability to ‘do things differently,’ and the ends of this continuum are labeled adaptive and innovative, respectively” (p. 622). However, what insights might we gain from thinking of the KAI continuum more like a Möbius strip? In what ways do adaption and innovation flow into and co-create one another throughout the problem-solving process? When an individual takes adaption to the extreme, might they have more in common with the innovative end of the scale than we tend to assume or expect? We already know that one’s degree of adaption or innovation is relative to others, yet our understanding of the relationship may be too simplistic. The Möbius strip holds the potential to facilitate sensemaking when exploring the complex relationship between adaption and innovation.en
dc.description.notesYes, abstract only (Peer reviewed?)en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.extentPages 11-13en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.orcidKaufman, Eric [0000-0001-8009-0066]en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/102631en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherCenter for Cooperative Problem Solving at Virginia Techen
dc.relation.ispartof2021 KAI Symposiumen
dc.relation.urihttps://kaicentre.com/symposium/en
dc.rightsIn Copyright (InC)en
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dc.titleKAI Theory as a Möbius Strip: A Twist in Thinking about Problem Solvingen
dc.title.serialAgenda & Proceedings of the 2021 KAI Symposiumen
dc.typeConference proceedingen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
pubs.finish-date2021-02-25en
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Agriculture & Life Sciencesen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/All T&R Facultyen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Agriculture & Life Sciences/Agricultural Leadership and Community Educationen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Agriculture & Life Sciences/CALS T&R Facultyen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Techen
pubs.start-date2021-02-24en

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