Future of Work and Multipotentialites: Engage polymaths for organizational success
Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, stated earlier this year that he believes we are experiencing the fourth industrial revolution. This is a revolution of networks, platforms, people, and digital technology that is “blurring the lines between physical, digital and biological spheres”.
In this rapidly evolving future, success for organization of any kind will be measured by its capability to respond to changes in the global marketplace in a sustainable way. This can ONLY be enabled by an empowered and adaptive workforce composed of teams that are self-organized, collaborative, decentralized, and globally distributed with high degree of adaptability to new roles and challenges.
A multipotentialite is someone who have diverse and deep interests across numerous domains and is usually capable of success in many endeavors. I believe that a fundamental way for organizations to win this edition of industrial revolution of will be to intentionally create an environment that enables multipotentialite individuals to express their skill, talent and interests in a meaningful way.
While the previous article identified and discussed the top five traits to spot multipotentialites in your organization — possibly someone hiding in the…
