Overview/Summary of SYMLOG and Kirtin Adaption-Innovation Inventory (KAI)
Kirtin Adaption-Innovation Inventory (KAI):
measures thinking style (cognition) as it relates to problem-solving, decision-making,
and creativity. Results of the 32 question inventory plot on a normally distributed
continuum. The continuum moves from Adaption on the left, indicating more structure
and consensus in problem-solving is preferred, to Innovation on the right, where
less structure and consensus is needed. Your preferred cognitive style is likely
unchangeable. In order to maximize an individual or group’s problem-solving potential,
behavior needs to be flexible according to the complexity of the problem to be solved.
But does your style get in the way of making effective decisions and having a maximally
productive problem-solving process?
Adding a SYMLOG analysis to this measure of cognition would allow the group to better
know the values others’ perceive them to hold, if they are perceived to have the
best interests and goals of the group in mind, and if their problem-solving style
is, indeed, allowing the group to realize its potential or standing in the way of
reaching objectives. In this case, modifications would be suggested by the SYMLOG
analysis.
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