--- title: Culture Building Adaptive Practices description: Research, tools, and resources from Adaptive Schools via the Thinking Collaborative are applicable everywhere teamwork is required. image: https://l3catalystgroup.com/hubfs/Blogs/042623%20-%20Deanna%20Blog%20Post%20Header%20Image.png --- [Skip to main content](https://l3catalystgroup.com/blog/culture-building-adaptive-practices#main) [![L3 Catalyst Group](https://l3catalystgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logo/L3%20Catalyst%20Group%20Logo%20-%20Horizontal.png?width=250&height=72&name=L3%20Catalyst%20Group%20Logo%20-%20Horizontal.png) ![L3 Catalyst Group](https://l3catalystgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logo/L3%20Catalyst%20Group%20Logo%20-%20Horizontal.png?width=250&height=72&name=L3%20Catalyst%20Group%20Logo%20-%20Horizontal.png) ![L3 Catalyst Group](https://l3catalystgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logo/L3%20Catalyst%20Group%20Logo%20-%20Horizontal.png?width=250&height=72&name=L3%20Catalyst%20Group%20Logo%20-%20Horizontal.png) ![L3 Catalyst Group](https://l3catalystgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logo/L3%20Catalyst%20Group%20Logo%20-%20Horizontal.png?width=250&height=72&name=L3%20Catalyst%20Group%20Logo%20-%20Horizontal.png)](https://l3catalystgroup.com) - [How Can We Help?](https://l3catalystgroup.com/how-can-we-help) - [About](https://l3catalystgroup.com/about) - Show submenu for Resources Resources - [Blog](https://l3catalystgroup.com/blog) - [Events](https://l3catalystgroup.com/events) - [Testimonials](https://l3catalystgroup.com/#testimonials) - [FAQ](https://l3catalystgroup.com/faq) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [How Can We Help?](https://l3catalystgroup.com/how-can-we-help) - [About](https://l3catalystgroup.com/about) - Show submenu for Resources Resources - Resources - [Blog](https://l3catalystgroup.com/blog) - [Events](https://l3catalystgroup.com/events) - [Testimonials](https://l3catalystgroup.com/#testimonials) - [FAQ](https://l3catalystgroup.com/faq) - Search - [Get in Touch](https://l3catalystgroup.com/contact) [Get in Touch](https://l3catalystgroup.com/contact) Search # Culture Building Adaptive Practices ![Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)](https://l3catalystgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/FG0A6703.jpg?width=50&height=50&name=FG0A6703.jpg) by [Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)](https://l3catalystgroup.com/blog/author/dee-rolffs) April 26, 2023 *![Quick Note](https://l3catalystgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Quick%20Note-Aug-12-2023-10-01-11-4445-PM.png?width=325&name=Quick%20Note-Aug-12-2023-10-01-11-4445-PM.png)* Culture Building Adaptive Practices Organizational and team culture development is hard work, but where do we start? - Do you struggle through non-collaborative meetings? - Do you wonder how to engage your team members? - Do you walk away from projects frustrated, wondering why they went wrong? Research, tools, and resources from Adaptive Schools via the [Thinking Collaborative](https://www.thinkingcollaborative.com/) are applicable everywhere teamwork is required. We are all working “to meet the challenges of a changing world. To be adaptive means to change form while clarifying identity. Form can be the ways we structure our organizations and the ways in which we do our work. New challenges require new and increasingly flexible forms. Identity is about who we believe we are as an organization and as professionals.​ The growing body of work on the impact of collaborative adult professional cultures in schools \[organizations\] offers a positive and productive means for organizing the work of on-going school \[organizational\] improvement. Productive teams are developed, not born.” ([Thinking Collaborative, 2023](https://www.thinkingcollaborative.com/)) Here are a few of my favorite tools and resources to grow adaptive practices, all from their [resource library](https://www.thinkingcollaborative.com/as-resources): - [Strategies & Moves for Facilitating Groups](https://www.thinkingcollaborative.com/_files/ugd/6a5cc9_ed28b325ab6a4362b834f4bbf295d408.pdf) - [Norms of Collaboration -](https://www.thinkingcollaborative.com/_files/ugd/6a5cc9_d080a1bbb7c84e43934a019d684214d2.pdf)[supporting toolkit for Norms of Collaboration](https://www.thinkingcollaborative.com/_files/ugd/6a5cc9_263cffd70d0d4a988fdfa77deaaa769c.pdf) and a [Personal Assessment of Norms of Collaboration](https://www.thinkingcollaborative.com/_files/ugd/6a5cc9_012f334064dc46a4b38b6ed5a171d36b.pdf) (see below) - [Planning and Facilitation Thinking and Conversation Guide](https://www.thinkingcollaborative.com/_files/ugd/d00b6c_c6f92622f54a4d169e36b049266a8db8.pdf) [![Deanna Blog 426](https://l3catalystgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Deanna%20Blog%20426.png?width=880&height=392&name=Deanna%20Blog%20426.png)](https://www.thinkingcollaborative.com/_files/ugd/6a5cc9_012f334064dc46a4b38b6ed5a171d36b.pdf) Reach out if you’d like to discuss how to grow collaboration, engagement, and adaptive leadership in your team or organization. It always takes intentionality, and you don’t have to suffer. Check out [The False Allure of Technical (vs. Adaptive) Leadership](https://l3catalystgroup.com/leadership-and-learning-letters-blog/the-false-allure-of-technical-vs-adaptive-leadership) to learn more about technical and adaptive leadership. Fellow leaders and learners, I wish you courage and joy on the journey, ![Deanna Signature](https://l3catalystgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Deanna%20Signature-Aug-12-2023-10-02-39-7536-PM.png?width=154&name=Deanna%20Signature-Aug-12-2023-10-02-39-7536-PM.png) ###### Tags: [Adaptive Practices,](https://l3catalystgroup.com/blog/tag/adaptive-practices) [Quick Note](https://l3catalystgroup.com/blog/tag/quick-note) ![Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)](https://l3catalystgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/FG0A6703.jpg?width=50&height=50&name=FG0A6703.jpg) Post by [Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them)](https://l3catalystgroup.com/blog/author/dee-rolffs) April 26, 2023 Dee (Deanna) Rolffs (they/them), Owner & Principal Consultant at L3 Catalyst Group, is a coach, strategist, facilitator, and change agent applying the Process Consulting approach with anti-oppression and liberatory frameworks. Specializing in crisis and change leadership, they support brave and badass leaders and teams illuminate underlying issues, infuse learning, envision a just future, and walk a transformational path forward. Dee is committed to equitable systemic outcomes, healthy humans, and thriving teams. Dee serves on the board of their local Pride Center, is messily learning to practice meditation, and is always up for truth telling about oppression and living life in liberatory joy. 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