# Adaptability **Domain:** Systems Thinking / Psychology / Human Performance **Doc Type:** Concept Node **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition **Adaptability is the capacity to preserve purpose and effective function while changing methods, expectations, or behavior in response to new conditions.** ## Mechanism and Practice Adaptation depends upon emotional regulation, learning, option creation, and the willingness to revise a failing approach without confusing revision with loss of identity. Real security is therefore a capacity carried into change. ## Relationships [[wiki/Resilience|Resilience]] · [[wiki/Reinvention|Reinvention]] · [[wiki/Cognitive Flexibility|Cognitive Flexibility]] ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > “Real security is the capacity to meet change and stay oneself. Loving what enlarges life, learning what increases options, and honoring real responsibilities builds that capacity. A life built this way can adapt to whatever comes.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Love, Work, and the Courage to Leave False Security - Livestream (Jan 2018)* [[reminders/Adaptability/Real Security Is the Capacity to Meet Change by Bryant McGill|Real Security Is the Capacity to Meet Change by Bryant McGill]]