Why I Like People with Unconventional Resumés - Claudio Fernández-Aráoz. By Claudio Fernández-Aráoz | 8:00 AM July 2, 2012 Professional success used to depend on experience, knowledge, and skill. But things have changed in recent decades. First, knowledge has become as rapidly obsolete as universally available. Second, we live in an increasingly uncertain and volatile world where, I often say, even the past has become unpredictable. And, finally, business has become more global and diverse. In this new normal, experience and knowledge are less relevant, while the abilities to learn and adapt, to be resilient and to connect with others are ever more crucial. When making senior appointments, I look both for two things: readiness for the job and potential for further development. One of the most dramatic examples I’ve seen on this, at a national level, is that of Japan.
Of course, there’s nothing wrong with a perfectly linear career if you are still proactively growing and learning and successfully performing at ever higher levels of complexity.
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