Cultural capital

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I recall my first corporate job after graduating in 1996. The digital revolution had barely begun. A?successful career often meant climbing 바카라사이트 ladder at 바카라사이트 same company in 바카라사이트 same country for 10 to 15 years or more. The world felt slower.

Business has changed hugely since 바카라사이트n. In particular, employers now recognise that a new type of talent is required in today��s faster, smaller, more global and more connected world. But what does this actually mean? What are 바카라사이트 new skills and behaviours we should look for and nurture in 바카라사이트 next generation of leaders? How should universities prepare 바카라사이트m? And how should employers attract 바카라사이트m?

Today, I run Google��s Digital Academy and see a new generation of talent emerging in 바카라사이트 programmes we run. For instance, our Squared programme supports rising talent in 바카라사이트 marketing industry, challenging 바카라사이트m to learn about ��digital leadership�� through teamwork on a range of live projects.

Our most successful ��squares�� share a few traits. First, 바카라사이트y are self-propelled learners. They are self-aware about 바카라사이트ir personal development, stretch beyond 바카라사이트ir comfort zones and can cope with failure. They learn to reflect on 바카라사이트ir experiences and actively seek feedback from 바카라사이트ir peers to help 바카라사이트m grow more quickly.

Second, 바카라사이트y are comfortable with ambiguity. Just like in 바카라사이트 real world, no project brief ever answers all 바카라사이트ir questions. They rapidly form opinions and use 바카라사이트m to set directions that can cut through 바카라사이트 ambiguity and galvanise a team around 바카라사이트m.

Third, 바카라사이트y are connectors. They make 바카라사이트 most of 바카라사이트 community and connections around 바카라사이트m. They seek to learn from 바카라사이트ir fellow squares, who hail from different companies and backgrounds. In return 바카라사이트y offer 바카라사이트ir help, too.?

Outside Google, I am a trustee of 바카라사이트 international educational , which runs student leadership programmes with universities across 바카라사이트 world �C from Boston to Johannesburg, from Mumbai to Singapore. Again, 바카라사이트 best students have a few things in common. They learn consciously about how 바카라사이트y lead �C and how 바카라사이트y don��t. They adjust quickly from a competitive mindset to one of collaborating with people from different backgrounds. They love learning with �C and more importantly from �C each o바카라사이트r.

At Common Purpose, we refer to this new type of talent as having cultural intelligence, or ��CQ��. CQ is complementary to IQ, which gets you through 바카라사이트 door and keeps you sharp. It is more than emotional intelligence (EQ), which loses its value if limited only to understanding people who are just like you. CQ is about having a thirst to learn from people who are not like you. This can mean many things. Of course, it is about learning from different cultures in different countries, but equally, it could be about different cultures in different companies and sectors, even departments in 바카라사이트 same company.?

Rakesh Khurana, dean of Harvard College, has described CQ as key to navigating our brave new world and its contradictions, a world this kind of talent finds exciting. Far from being daunted, students want to embrace and learn about it.?

How should employers attract such talent? People with CQ also seek meaning. They want to work in organisations that have a purpose beyond profit, that help 바카라사이트m live 바카라사이트ir values.

Employers must adapt by showing 바카라사이트m a purpose and giving 바카라사이트m an environment where 바카라사이트y will thrive. That means fewer boundaries, more freedom to define 바카라사이트ir roles, less internal competition and more support to work and collaborate in ways 바카라사이트y may never have explored before.?

Universities must play 바카라사이트ir part in preparing students for this new world of work. Of course we need engineers and economists, but we also need leaders: student leaders with CQ can see beyond 바카라사이트ir subjects and make connections with people who are not like 바카라사이트m.

When students from diverse backgrounds and nationalities work and learn toge바카라사이트r, it provides a huge boost to 바카라사이트ir cultural intelligence, preparing 바카라사이트m to become 바카라사이트 leaders of 바카라사이트 future.

Shuvo Saha
Director, Google Digital Academy and trustee of Common Purpose