THE HUMAN CAPACITY PROJECT
Frameworks for Human and Organizational Adaptation
These human and organizational adaptation frameworks help leaders understand human development, assess adaptive capacity, and redesign the conditions that shape learning, judgment, and intentional action.
The Human Capacity Project uses three interconnected frameworks to make capacity more visible and support intentional development. Each framework examines a different aspect of how people and organizations navigate changing conditions—from individual clarity and judgment to structural support and continuous growth.
Three Human and Organizational Adaptation Frameworks
Each framework offers a distinct lens. Together, they create a more complete view of how capacity develops, becomes constrained, and can be supported under changing conditions.
01 · ADAPTIVE CAPACITY FRAMEWORK™
Examines how people and organizations perceive change, learn from experience, exercise judgment, and respond intentionally. Its five connected dimensions —clarity, capacity, learning, judgment, and organizational conditions—help identify where changing demands may be exceeding current capacity.
02 · ORGANIZATIONAL SCAFFOLDING™
Examines the structures and conditions surrounding the work. It maps roles, decision rights, information flows, operating rhythms, and cross-functional relationships to identify where support, coordination, or decision pathways may need redesign.
03 · WHEEL OF GROWTH™
Supports intentional reflection, continuous development, and purposeful action under changing conditions. The Wheel helps people consider how they continue moving, learning, and developing when the path ahead is not entirely visible.
THE WHEEL IN THE FIELD
From a Structured Model to a Living Framework
The Wheel of Growth™ began in New York as a structured framework for intentional development, supported through weekly reflection. Over time, its ideas moved beyond the page. Experiences and observations across Portugal, Spain, and Panama deepened the Wheel into an ongoing field of inquiry. Changing environments offered practical illustrations of growth, adaptation, uncertainty, and human capacity in motion.
What had first been articulated through weekly insights became visible in practice: the Wheel is not fixed. It moves in relationship with the conditions shaping the path ahead.
A CONNECTED SYSTEM
A Connected System for Understanding Capacity
Together, these frameworks help leaders examine where capacity is being stretched, how surrounding conditions support or constrain adaptation, and where intentional development may strengthen clarity, learning, judgment, and purposeful action.
ADAPTIVE CAPACITY FRAMEWORK™
Helps identify where changing demands may exceed current capacity.
ORGANIZATIONAL SCAFFOLDING™
Makes visible how structures and conditions shape what becomes possible.
WHEEL OF GROWTH™
Supports continuing reflection and development as circumstances change.