1st Edition

Transformational Maturity Bridging Adaptive Lag for Human-Centric Leadership

By Paweł Poszytek Copyright 2027
148 Pages
by Routledge

This book offers a rigorous, multi-level empirical investigation into the adaptive lag - the systemic mismatch between exponential technological acceleration and linear human-organizational adaptation. Utilizing a robust multiple case study design and narrative synthesis of nine distinct datasets collected between 2020 and 2025 across higher education, vocational, and corporate sectors, the text... Read more

Introduction

Chapter 1: Waves of change: transformation and its measurement

Chapter 2: The psychological aspects of adaptation and the linear trap

Chapter 3: Culture as the foundation for strategic renewal

Chapter 4: Beyond competences 4.0-based transformational leadership and toward transformational maturity

Chapter 5: Research description

Chapter 6: Leaders of adaptation: units of analysis and results

Chapter 7: The convergence of change: a synthesis of leadership and organizational adaptability for the era of exponential technological growth

Chapter 8: Transformational maturity framework and the model

Chapter 9: Implementation of transformational maturity model

Chapter 10: Transformational maturity and sectoral insights

Conclusion: navigating the exponential frontier

Biography

Paweł Poszytek, PhD, DSc, Associate Professor, Wrocław University of Science and Technology (PWr - Wroclaw Tech), Poland, is visiting Scholar at Stanford University’s Center for Sustainable Development and Global Competitiveness (Stanford School of Engineering) (2023–2024), where he conducted research on the digital transformation of universities and businesses. His research and publications focus on management, organizational studies, digital transformation, and public policy - especially European educational and digital policies.