Suzy Welch
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There are
eight big cognitive aptitudes, and they also exist on a continuum.
So let's just think about what they are.
Are you a generalist or a specialist?
And where you are on that continuum makes you better or worse at certain kind of work.
That's hardwired.
Are you a brainstormer, kind of a font of ideas, or are you an idea processor, somebody who lays one big idea a year and you have to take it under consideration, or are you just a person who spouts ideas?
Different kind of work needs different kind of wiring in this way.
Are you a diagnostic problem solver?
Most consultants are.
Or are you a fact checker?
Somebody who processes and does one task at a time.
So there's eight big pillars of cognitive wiring.
And you can certainly...
have work that you are not cognitively wired to do.
But man, it's harder.
I mean, if you're a specialist by wiring, you should be doing specialist work.
You have to.
Good organizations have to do that.
I totally agree with you because this still goes on.