This is the recording of a webinar on the topic of “Versatility.” Sylvia Kern, Tanja Merz, and Linda Barron introduce themselves as scanner personalities. I moderated the discussion and took questions from the audience.
Digital and Agile Transformation requires an agile mindset, agile methods, know-how, and the ability to solve complex challenges. Complex answers, however, are only found in the diversity and versatility of people and their skills.
For too long, the focus has been narrowly on the specialist, with too little recognition of how important diverse know-how really is. In the future, scanners and multipotentialites will be indispensable in the business world. Disruption means breaking open business models, technologies, structures, and much more — startups, for example, are masters at this.
Routine tasks will increasingly be taken over by digitalization. What remains are the complex challenges that cross-functional teams solve. Those who want to forge new paths must look for unconventional possibilities. In times of digitalization and new work, what’s needed are people who can think differently, who embrace diversity and live it themselves — those who dare to think differently, who bring courage, intelligence, and leadership qualities, and who genuinely relish taking on new challenges.