Adaptability Quotient and AI Readiness: What AQ Reveals About Executive Performance

The executives approving AI investment right now are not the same executives who will determine whether that investment succeeds. The determining variable is adaptability — specifically, the capacity to operate effectively while the environment is still changing, before the outcomes are clear. AQ measures that capacity. Most organizations have not yet applied it to their leadership teams.

What AQ Reveals

Adaptability Quotient is a measurable leadership competency, not a personality trait. AQ research has been conducted across more than 18,000 individuals, spanning hundreds of organizations in more than 40