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So how do you gauge your level of learning agility? What does it take to be an agile learner? In a new CCL white paper, Learning About Learning Agility, Adam Mitchinson and Robert Morris, Ph.D., of the Teachers College, Columbia University, describe five facets of learning agility: Innovating: Agile learners are not afraid to challenge the status quo. Performing: Agile learners remain calm in the face of difficulty. Reflecting: Agile learners take time to reflect on their experiences. Risking: Agile learners purposefully put themselves in challenging situations. Defending: Agile learners are simply open to learning and resist the temptation to become defensive in the face of adversity.

Learning is the key requirement in dealing with complexity, because you first have to try something new, and then learn from the experiment. Emergent practices have to be developed, as it is too late to find out what has already worked for other companies (best practices), and your context will not be the same anyway.