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We are now living in a world of constant change and disruption. We can either see the world as a hurdle to or a limitless resource to engage, stimulate, and cultivate our imagination. In a globally networked world, information is getting easier and easier to access. What you actually do with that information is the new challenge. Leaders do the thinking and others execute.
An Unexpected Learner*
An Unexpected Learner*
Without the vision of a goal, a man cannot manage his own life, much less the lives of others…
—Genghis Khan
Learning agility is the ability and willingness to learn from every opportunity and subsequently apply that learning to perform successfully under different conditions, and no one epitomes this characteristic more than Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan. He would have been a very successful multinational CEO in a VUCA world. He embodied agility, adaptability and resilience to the full. In fact, Genghis Khan exhibits characteristics mentioned in Professor Gardner's Five Minds for the Future to a large extent.
Genghis Khan, the 12th-century Mongol conqueror, is a prime example of an agile and resilient lifelong learner. He is depicted as a barbarian tyrant ...