3 ways to measure your adaptability -- and how to improve it

3 ways to measure your adaptability -- and how to improve it | Natalie Fratto

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5 жыл бұрын

When venture investor Natalie Fratto is determining which start-up founder to support, she doesn't just look for intelligence or charisma; she looks for adaptability. In this insightful talk, Fratto shares three ways to measure your "adaptability quotient" -- and shows why your ability to respond to change really matters.
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@faizafauziah1043 5 жыл бұрын

1. Instead of asking "Tell me about yourself.. your background", change it to "What if" questions 2. Active unlearning. Always challenge your mindset, find out new possibilities, link with new information. As quoted by Mahatma Gandhi "I must reduce myself to zero" 3. Prioritizing exploration over exploitation.. To never fall too far in love with your wins, but rather continue to proactively seek out what might kill you next. We are entering a future where IQ and EQ both matter way less than how fast you are able to adapt.

@shafeequekottakkal5273 5 жыл бұрын

"What if"....

@shafeequekottakkal5273 5 жыл бұрын

I must reduce myself to zero',what a word

@LovingTinha 5 жыл бұрын

My simple rule of thumb after years of experience, is don't waste time on dickheads who do not subscribe to my thinking. And if by any chance they have something better to offer, I will adapt that into my thinking, but will flat out reject the rubbish that is anything else that I know is bullshit. Humanity has two simple goals to achieve in my view. 1. Reach true Civilization status which requires everyone united working towards goal number 2, and no longer killing and fighting each other 2. Work together on reaching class 1 Civilization status and effectively managing our resources towards a third goal, which revolves around the survival of the species from environmental dangers that threaten our existence on the planet

@harri3004 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@kangsterizer Жыл бұрын

I randomely ran into this and found it interesting. i always naturally preferred the "what if" questions for interviews because I want to understand if people are smart indeed, regardless of the job type. I ran thousand of interviews. I never thought of it as "adaptability", rather, as how someone thinks - iq tests actually also _do_ test this, but you aint asking someone at an interview to take an iq test. similarly, i find that "unlearning" is great, but never called it that. I just think of it as actively challenging assumptions. Someone says something crazy you immediately want to discard? look into it. either it'll confirm they're crazy, or maybe you'll find you were wrong on something. If you don't do that, you'll _never_ change your mind and thus won't learn very quickly. this means you gotta be ok with being wrong (most people _arent_). the last point is less interesting imo, because while it's not completely wrong, switching what you do all the time means you'll never be a specialist. its good for some things, but highly specialized people are rare and very valuable IMO.

@angel991291 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for Natalie Fratto inspiring sharing on ways on measurements and improvement on adaptability! Personally thinking, these 3 ways (Changing from "Tell me about yourself.. " to "What if" questions; Active unlearning; Prioritizing exploration overexploitation) are important for us to not only improve how well we react to an ability of change, but also to help us make a good and friendly relationship to the world, as well as to others equally. These are something I need to learn for life.

@evolvedcopper2205 5 жыл бұрын

the consequences of failure to adapt is a topic in project management that always fascinated me

@a.r.5718 5 жыл бұрын

Improvise. Adapt. Overcome. Then give a TED talk about it.

@Bleepbleepblorbus 2 жыл бұрын

@@knowledgeispower1029 They never said it was theirs They never said this so the fact that you know complicated topics (as far as I know) and yet you can't recognize when when someone is joking *NOT* claiming that the quote was theirs Kinda ironic since your channel name is "Knowledge is Power".

@Jean980 5 жыл бұрын

Gandi's quote "I must reduce myself to zero. So long as man does not of is own free will put himself last among his fellow creatures, there is no salvation for him" was heavily saying no to materialism/consumerism. I think it's strangely ironic this quote is being used for business investing :P

@iangrant9675 5 жыл бұрын

I think this is how real business _should_ work. Economics should be a positive sum game: where through cooperation, everyone is better off, yes, even venture capitalists! The venture capitalists don't seem to get this idea though. Maybe its just that they can't see any point in investment without risk. livelogic.blogspot.com/2019/08/natalie-fratto-on-adaptability.html

@kisonsl6659 5 жыл бұрын

This is what happened to Fernando Alonso in 2007! He ran into a completely unexpected situation of being an in-form double world champion racing with a slightly faster or equally fast team mate favoured by the management...Had he kept calm, understood the situation & tried to adapt he would of won the championship that year with his experience. Because both Hamilton & Alonso are equally fast & skilled when given the fastest car but when the car is not that helping Hamilton becomes the spoiled kid (2009-13) while Alonso can give his best even when the car is 2nd or 3rd best (his best seasons were with Ferrari a lesser car he pushed to the limit)

@lediukrain3100 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely right, our world is now developing at a rate as crazy as it was at any previous stage of development!

@ExitPlanner 4 жыл бұрын

I am really in the mood for this talk, during quarantine... adapatability is so important with what we're going through ATM... thanks!

@David__ 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing Natalie! Super-relevant :)

@michaelpalmer4387 5 жыл бұрын

Like my car. The indicators/lights & windscreenwipers/screenwash were on opposites sides to what I was used to, but it comes to me easily now (after a couple of months)

@evitadwipayana5652 5 жыл бұрын

Very useful, thank you!

@kenlemay1972 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. Very insightful. Thank you.

@platoknows8656 5 жыл бұрын

I love this. thank you

@sotenm 5 жыл бұрын

Blockbuster-Netflix example was spot-on!

@TheRealMelox 5 жыл бұрын

Great talk and fascinating topic

@evolvedcopper2205 5 жыл бұрын

Thinking of Moore's Law when she spoke of tech rapidly increasing its sophistication

@morz8191 5 жыл бұрын

I think the biggest problem for those entrepreneurs would be what is the meaning of “riding a backwards brain bike” instead of how to ride it. Nobody is certain that doing sth would definitely bring back success. The most safe way for them is to stay in the circle.

@juliamuller6443 5 жыл бұрын

So how do I train it?

@sanatgoel3302 5 жыл бұрын

Much more interesting than it seems

@Biskawow 4 жыл бұрын

1:16 where is the subscribe button for that? I can't find it anywhere dammit...

@hongleduc8143 4 жыл бұрын

To never fall too far in love with your wins

@FifthMonkeySanctuary 5 жыл бұрын

that was good - thanks Nat :)

@mohammadjavadi2048 5 жыл бұрын

Phenomenal!

@Je.rone_ 5 жыл бұрын

*Adaptability in a highly technological age is ever more important* 💪

@tatiyana8934 5 жыл бұрын

Brief and Bright 👍👏👏🌟🙏

@rickharold69 5 жыл бұрын

Totally right on

@Rey-kt6ew 5 жыл бұрын

Truly ideas worth sharing, every week, thank you TED!

@iBcPirate 5 жыл бұрын

Yes! I found this line to stick out in particular: "We're entering a future where IQ and EQ both matter way less than how fast you're able to adapt."

@garrygballard8914 5 жыл бұрын

Right On 🎯

@GuitarZombie 5 жыл бұрын

I hate money

@wedseries_123 3 ай бұрын

Love the way your lie

@marymdavis3189 Ай бұрын

LOL😂

@wedseries_123 Ай бұрын

@@marymdavis3189 Hey 👋

@MichaelJLambie 4 жыл бұрын

Go Blue Natto! great talk!

@JoeEPena 5 жыл бұрын

Had a great time @ the movies, then BBQ on Blanco road !

@evolvedcopper2205 5 жыл бұрын

I can un-learn really quick, fund me 😂

@ParyatakParag 5 жыл бұрын

Pure Motivation

@mamemamepin5585 5 жыл бұрын

The worldwide business is speeding up at the moment. I think the reason to happen it is evolution of technologies in the field of computer. Computer is necessary for human life like shopping, connecting with our friends, teaching something which we want to learn abilities to get more money and knowledges. Computer makes our environment change. So, the adaptability is important for us. I agree with her opinion.

@divyamurugesan5557 5 жыл бұрын

Insightful .. :)

@timothylaviola2024 5 жыл бұрын

Brava!!!! That's what should be asked. Mam, I must. Say you may be onto something. Timothy.

@klaudelu18 4 жыл бұрын

Dude, you signed your name-bearing comment with your name! It made it even funnier for me, because I read your name in Peele's voice, from Key & Peele, from the episode "Substitute teacher" (the one in which Key plays as the substitute). Check it out! It's here, on KZfaq.

@psolver8147 4 жыл бұрын

Can anyone recommend any IOS adaptability games?

@PyckledNyk Жыл бұрын

And this was all before the Covid pandemic. A need to focus on adaptability is more important than ever.

@TheStobb50 5 жыл бұрын

Change is the only thing that’s permanent

@knugie 5 жыл бұрын

"[W]e have come to value [...] responding to change over following a plan" Agile Manifesto ftw

@MolonLabe-1776 4 жыл бұрын

knugie exactly what I’m thinking. We embrace change even at last minute.

@Razakhan-qk4gi 5 жыл бұрын

Very Nice

@saramouid5973 5 жыл бұрын

Why can't i find Arabic in the traduction !!!!!!

@Antinafratio Жыл бұрын

excellent

@LacedMetal 5 жыл бұрын

Anxiety: the dark side of adaptability. Wheee.

@cromeaxe 5 жыл бұрын

😂😂 get me my antidepressants

@tenlongfingers70 5 жыл бұрын

When she started talking about what if and simulating disasters, and my anxiety and I looked at each other, and we both realized we’ve been training for this our entire lives.

@alliswell0008 5 жыл бұрын

U r amazing ....

@venkideshk2413 5 жыл бұрын

Destin Sandlin😍 .. let's be Smarter everyday

@mn396-p9s 4 жыл бұрын

There's a good book Randall Munroe named "What If." Here's a sample of difficult what if like questions he explains "What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light?" I mean businesses have got to be prepared for stuff like this. May or may not help measure your AQ. ;)

@osse1n 5 жыл бұрын

The age of technology bring evens more emphasis to *"Survival of the fittest"*

@11-nguyenminhchien2 2 жыл бұрын

@alwynwatson6119 5 жыл бұрын

How is it possible to have a low adaptability?

@alliswell0008 5 жыл бұрын

Now I have completely adapted u for my future life ....that's the adaptibility

@Rey-kt6ew 5 жыл бұрын

Nice

@andresv.8880 5 жыл бұрын

You were first

@jjc5475 5 жыл бұрын

you gotta have some high shoes for those rain pants to be effective.

@thatonekidamerie7244 5 жыл бұрын

Wow I didn't think I was that early. Good video though

@Rey-kt6ew 5 жыл бұрын

Eliza Schuyler you could not have even watched the whole video in this time, you gotta time machine or something lmao

@ammarif618 5 жыл бұрын

How you're graded this video as good when you aren't even watching it ...do to your comment time

@thatonekidamerie7244 5 жыл бұрын

@@Rey-kt6ew yes duh

@thatonekidamerie7244 5 жыл бұрын

@@ammarif618 How? You've graded this video without watching the full thing. *

@ammarif618 5 жыл бұрын

@@thatonekidamerie7244 Eliza don't drive me crazy ok

@sachiperez 5 жыл бұрын

Hopefully, absolutely NOTHING like a "disk cleanup"

@mrnicomedes 5 жыл бұрын

Seriously. Removing duplicates or large, stale files? Desperately coping with early Windows' fragmentation issues? What she's talking about sounds like … well, overwriting old data with new (which is what she said), and that has nothing to do with a "disk clean up." Maybe "disk overwrite"? I guess she just "adapted" the term into something new.

@jwithrowcpi7730 5 жыл бұрын

The KODAK Company did the same thing. They were so stuck on exploiting the film they had and not exploring the future of digital!

@mukhlissasaidaliyeva9883 2 жыл бұрын

I liked the quote by Gandhi " I MUST REDUCE MYSELF TO ZERO".

@PaKuaKwon 5 жыл бұрын

Video starts at 2:00 What if xyz happened questions Unlearning Explore new. Don't settle with consist wins

@timsmith6675 5 жыл бұрын

I hope our species and all life on earth can adapt to the climate change we are causing.

@mgonzalez8880 5 жыл бұрын

Www.Geoengineeringwatch.org Start by waking the masses.... or am i too late? What's your take, Tim?

@fernandafaustodealmeida1538 10 ай бұрын

toda darwiniana ela!

@John83118 7 ай бұрын

The depth in this content is truly impressive. A book I found with similar topics gave me a new perspective. "A Life Unplugged: Reclaiming Reality in a Digital Age" by Theodore Blaze

@HipHop-gv4pb 5 жыл бұрын

5:30

@RanderathNic 5 жыл бұрын

Basically Darwin’s rule of “its not the strongest who survive but the quickest ones that can adapt to change”.

@tiagoassis4810 5 жыл бұрын

Isn't flexibility (the ability to adapt) part of the emotional quotient?

@JustMe-uc1lt 5 жыл бұрын

Tiago Assis i was thinking the same thing.

@vikramsrinivasan8176 5 жыл бұрын

Beauty

@ZeroVllak Жыл бұрын

Aluno Gustavo Fernandes e Gustavo costa passou por aqui

@Rey-kt6ew 5 жыл бұрын

How can 5 people be first, my comment was the first

@CHMARKHELMEHDI 4 жыл бұрын

coool is goood

@Hussein_Nur 5 жыл бұрын

Why do most if not all TED videos get a somewhat large dislike number?

@aperson2730 5 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing they don't meet viewers' expectations in some way

@sal.h4833 3 жыл бұрын

Talking bullshit and nonsense

@Cryptonymicus 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I guess "adaptability" might help you make money. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like "adaptability" is going to extend the long-term survival of the human race unless we're able to "adapt" to a greenhouse planet. But of course being wealthy in the here and now is more important than anything.

@a.r.5718 5 жыл бұрын

Where are the 'SmarterEveryDay' fans?

@Sgt-Gravy 5 жыл бұрын

When you find what works, DON'T stick with it, unless you can do it yourself from scratch. ??

@HungTran-ek4xc 4 жыл бұрын

it's not IQ, it's not EQ, it's BBQ

@raybbo 5 жыл бұрын

CHAAAAANGE

@minhquanho3654 4 жыл бұрын

Why do you claim that Emotional Quotient is regarded as how well a person can build teams and build rapport across customers and clients?

@amihana.m.2808 3 жыл бұрын

PUBLIC SPEAKING 100

@ceresreina1266 4 жыл бұрын

I want spanish subs 😢

@PinkYellowGreen2023 9 ай бұрын

I hate it when folks try to verbally contract with you or play on words versus being able to adapt to the fact that what you say may change!! 😂😂😂 😂😂

@adarshachatterjee493 5 жыл бұрын

Question: Isn't she in a way asking to overthink?

@palmshoot 3 жыл бұрын

Ha, a heat wave.

@Nanakomatsuuu 5 жыл бұрын

Isn’t intelligence the ability to adapt to different situations

@Sauce.... 5 жыл бұрын

baddie

@remyjones9146 5 жыл бұрын

I have the impression that adaptability is highly related to emotional intelligence; people have emotional reactions to change, and if you can’t identity and direct your emotion, it’s unlikely you will be able to adapt.

@allrounderal2958 5 жыл бұрын

Its both using IQ & EQ actually, like if your car's tire has been broken in the middle of the road, what would you do? Being thrown into a completely new job you're unfamiliar with while it has a potential to increase your networth, what would you do? Adaptability is about assessing your to a new situation whether using these quotients

@carlosnugraha9993 4 жыл бұрын

video bagus kayak gini yang nonton cuma 120 ribuan? *klo ada yg ngerti bhs sy tolong komen

@stefannikola 4 жыл бұрын

finagled

@knjalaara9404 5 жыл бұрын

First comment 😂❤️

@mark8664 4 жыл бұрын

All she is really talking about is creativity because a highly creative person is a highly adaptive person. I wonder if she thinks Speed is relative because she ends with "how fast you are able to adapt.", because how fast it takes a person to see opportunities and act on them is irrelevant, that is, speed is not the issue.

@JJ-kl7eq 5 жыл бұрын

Instead of adapting, Fratto threw the one ring into Mount Doom as was originally planned and Sauron was defeated. The End

@chrisjimenez2192 5 жыл бұрын

She's fuckin cute lol

@mohammadshahid9813 5 жыл бұрын

AQ>IQ and EQ 😃😃😃

@neverbeaten 5 жыл бұрын

Well aq is more important in regular work fields and regular employees. Iq is more important in inventing solving science architecture etc. Ofcrs its great to use new techniques and new info. What im sayin is iq> aq

@mohammadshahid9813 5 жыл бұрын

@@neverbeaten thanks Brother