This consensus is fluid with constant variations of what's in or out. Adaptors prefer to act within the confines of rules and regulations and be respectful of custom and practice. They look to precedents for making changes and they are likely to be at home with and enjoy, agreed procedures. Adaptors and Innovators tend to have very different attitudes to the consensus. Adaptors approach problem-solving from inside, and Innovators from outside, the consensus viewpoint.
Innovators have less respect for the boundaries of what is acceptable.
They are likely to feel that rules are there to be broken. They tend to see virtues in bringing in information and ideas from outside the consensus. For Adaptors this problem may seem already half solved because its familiar territory. Adaptors are likely to take the lead in successfully searching for a solution based on improvement and evolution which is likely to be realistic and viable. For innovators this problem is likely to seem structural.