![Katsushika Hokusai [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. Extracted from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa2.jpg.](/images/Images/Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa2.jpg "Hokusai’s use of fractals shows how order can emerge through chaos, demonstrating the interconnectedness of humanity with turulence (Wikimedia Commons)")
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Learn how to ride with the wave rather than fight it; leverage the turbulence for survival, adaptability, and growth.
Fit to thrive
The challenge for leaders in turbulence is to build and strengthen relationships and networks and facilitate fit among individuals, groups, organizations, and processes within context. As suggested by the Great Wave, the survival of the fisherman becomes a function of adapting to and becoming similar to the great wave. In other words, learn how to ride with the wave rather than fight it; leverage the turbulence for survival, adaptability, and growth.
Successful leadership becomes a function of:
- Developing a system perspective that can recognize the nonlinear relationship between cause and effect.
- Building and strengthening networks among people, processes, and technology.
- Cultivating interdependences within and around the organization.
- Serving as a catalyst for change and adaptability.