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Michael Kirton DSc was the inventor of KAI, the widely used measure of problem-solving style. Read about his life and the development of KAI.
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- Kirton's Adaptation-Innovation Theory
- Adaptors and Innovators
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Kirton's Adaptation-Innovation Theory describes a continuum of cognitive styles and approaches to problem-solving, from high adaptation to high innovation.
There are some clear and obvious differences between individuals at either end of Kirton's continuum. A true Innovator would prefer to be challenged by very different problems to a true Adaptor, and both would almost always come up with very different solutions. Adaptors desire to do things better; Innovators seek to do things differently. Adaptors...
The general leadership shift since Kirton first developed the Adaptation-Innovation model has seen organisations begin to move from valuing the Adaptor more during the 1970s and 1980s, to now placing great emphasis on finding and developing Innovators. Kirton himself emphasised greatly that these individuals were both creative within their own cogn...
Mike Kirton is known as an Actor, Stunts, Stunt Coordinator, Director, Screenplay, and Utility Stunts. Some of his work includes Bad Boys, Speaking of the Devil, Malone, Walking Tall: The Payback, We Are Angels, Extermineitors IV: As Twin Brothers, Striker, and Hammerhead.
KAI Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory - official website. Psychometric tool used to build teams using problem-solving style, for 45 years.
What is problem-solving style (KAI)? So, KAI measures this preference: how much you like structure in your life – whether at work, rest or play. Your KAI score affects everything you do, from how you cook a meal to how you deal with other people in your life.
actor, director. biography, photo, best movies and TV shows, awards, news, birthday and age. «Ms Hitt» (2019), «Fire from Below» (2009), «Missionary Man» (2007), «Walking Tall: The Payback» (2007), «Bloodsport: The Dark Kumite» (1999)...
The Librarians: Directed by Mike Kirton. With William Forsythe, Erika Eleniak, Andrew Divoff, Daniel Bernhardt. A merc team called "The Librarians" is hired to find the missing granddaughter of one of their closest friends, and they'll have to go against a ruthless Miami mobster to get her.
