To prevent strong resistance from adaptive participants against innovation techniques in a training, at the beginning of this type of training the adaptiveness or innovativeness of the participants is measured. This is done with the Kirton Adaptation Inventory (KAI). The outcome of this measurement is used for two things. To begin with, in a predominantly adaptive group, we will not start with the training of techniques that are so far removed of the personal styles of the participants, that they might immediately discard them as lunatic. Furthermore, participants usually recognize themselves in the outcome of the KAI, and the predictions on personal problem approach and the interaction with other people. When recognition is established, training can be geared towards dealing with people who have a different style of problem solving. < previous page    << back to home page