In this episode, Vishal unpacks adaptability through the lens of dynamic capabilities; sensing, seizing, and transforming. Drawing from strategy research and the real-world case of DBS Bank’s digital transformation, this episode breaks theory into a practical checklist: how to spot early signals before they erupt, convert them into committed bets, and rewire the organisation to sustain change. If you can answer the three checklist questions without hesitation, you’re running adaptability by design; if not, this is where you start.

References:

1) Explicating dynamic capabilities: the nature and microfoundations of (sustainable) enterprise performance: https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.640

2) Dynamic Capabilities: What Are They? https://sms.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/1097-0266%28200010/11%2921%3A10/11%3C1105%3A%3AAID-SMJ133%3E3.0.CO%3B2-E

3) DBS: Digital Transformation to Best Bank in the World: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cases_coll_all/309/

4) Adaptability: The New Competitive Advantage: https://hbr.org/2011/07/adaptability-the-new-competitive-advantage

5) McKinsey & Company (2016). How Nimble Resource Allocation Can Double Your Company’s Value: https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/how-nimble-resource-allocation-can-double-your-companys-value

Music Credit: Switch It Up, performed by Silent Partner, from the YouTube Studio Audio Library