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"Imagination is more important than
knowledge, because knowledge
tell us what was, whereas imagination tells us what will be."
- Albert Einstein
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Today's path for business growth is not perfectly linear.
This gives you an ideal way to differentiate stars from average performers in new roles.
Business success used to depend on experience, knowledge, and ability. But things have changed as
business has become more global and diverse.
In this new normal, industry experience and knowledge are less relevant; these merely point backwards to "what was":
- Experience? Well we live in an increasingly
uncertain and volatile world where even the
past has become unpredictable. - Knowledge has become as rapidly obsolete as it is universally available via Google.
More crucial traits for business success today are an executive's abilities to learn and adapt, to be resilient and to connect with others. These adaptive skills tell you a lot about several powerful intelligence-based competencies — flexibility, adaptability, organizational awareness and relationship management — that differentiate stars from average performers in new roles.
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These economic times call for adaptive and creative business leaders to deliver a clear vision of what can be achieved. Only a non-traditional, non-linear career path demonstrates an adaptive skill set embracing challenge and indicating "readiness for the job" . . . a proven ability to master new companies, sectors, cultures and strategies to achieve business growth.
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