As one of the founding “nailers” behind Asia School of Business, Prof. Loredana Padurean has established herself as a disruptive and original thinker. In The Job Is Easy, The People Are Not! book that she published, she brings a series of ten refreshingly honest and candid conversations with everyday professionals in the Asia School of Business and MIT Sloan community, on the Top 10 Smart Skills for becoming better people and more effective managers, that include, among others: emotional maturity, validation, followership, cognitive readiness, multiple perspectives, productive inclusion, etc.
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As one of the founding “nailers” behind Asia School of Business, Prof. Loredana Padurean has established herself as a disruptive and original thinker. In The Job Is Easy, The People Are Not! book that she published, she brings a series of ten refreshingly honest and candid conversations with everyday professionals in the Asia School of Business and MIT Sloan community, on the Top 10 Smart Skills for becoming better people and more effective managers, that include, among others: emotional maturity, validation, followership, cognitive readiness, multiple perspectives, productive inclusion, etc.
Cognitive Readiness - 10 SMART skills to become better people!
The Job is Easy, The People are Not!
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Cognitive Readiness - 10 SMART skills to become better people!
The most predictable characteristic of modern management is the unpredictability of our challenges, and cognitive readiness is the super skill that helps us address unpredictability. This smart skill is part of advanced conscious processing (slow thinking) that enables leaders to confront whatever new and complex problems they might face.
The COVID pandemic challenged every single one of us and demanded more mental, emotional, physical, and financial preparation than anything we have seen recently. Companies that were able to adapt quickly, that were able to understand the complex system dynamics of not only their organizations, but of their industry and value chain, saw success.
To help us reflect on this skill, I asked MIT Sloan professor and ASB president and dean, Prof. Charles Fine, one of the most cognitively ready leaders I know, to share his views on how to develop this mental preparedness.
Make sure to download the book:
“The Job Is Easy, People Are Not! 10 SMART Skills to become better people!
by Loredana Padurean
The Job is Easy, The People are Not!
As one of the founding “nailers” behind Asia School of Business, Prof. Loredana Padurean has established herself as a disruptive and original thinker. In The Job Is Easy, The People Are Not! book that she published, she brings a series of ten refreshingly honest and candid conversations with everyday professionals in the Asia School of Business and MIT Sloan community, on the Top 10 Smart Skills for becoming better people and more effective managers, that include, among others: emotional maturity, validation, followership, cognitive readiness, multiple perspectives, productive inclusion, etc.
