One key reason teenage drivers crash four times more often than older drivers is an underdeveloped skill of scanning – glancing around for 360 degree awareness. Leaders can struggle with the same weakness in an organizational sense. Disruptive ideas, be it innovation opportunity or business model threat, will most likely come from outside your industry.
More experienced leaders are better prepared to understand significant outside developments and how they apply. However, it requires looking around. These activities can help you hone scanning skills:
• Read or skim a wide variety of magazines
• Talk to people in different industries
• Attend other industry conferences
“Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.” Booker T. Washington
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