People with learning agility, demonstrate the following traits, to adapt to the twenty-first-century business realities.

High organizational learning relates to high response in recognizing and addressing system constraints, and adapting to the ever-changing environment. With the increasing pace of changes and the cutting-throat competitions, to effectively respond to the digital dynamics, either individually or collectively, continuous learning becomes an important skill for capability building and prerequisite of developing changeability.

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Innovativelearning We live in the information and knowledge economy, continuous learning is not only a requirement but also a great habit to keep the business professionals mind fresh, knowledge updated, skills relevant, etc. An organization's philosophies, core values, and organizational objectives drive learning and development. Due to exponential growth of information, the knowledge life cycle is significantly shortened in the digital era. The digital workforce today has to learn and relearn all the time, learning and development occur when it is encouraged and supported by Senior Management. Talent management is an integral component of people management to improve business competency and unlock business performance.

Innovating via Learning Learning is a continuous process and everyone has an enormous capacity to learn and we need to learn continuously in order to adapt to constant change. Today, there are continuous technology led disruptions and convenient, overloaded information, and commodity knowledge only a click away. The division between 'working' and 'learning' is replaced by combining and integrating 'working, thinking and learning.’

Innerlearningagility We live in a knowledge economy, today’s digital professionals are knowledge workers who are open to learning and sharing insight and creating new knowledge all the time. You simply can't resolve the 21st-century problems with the mindsets shaped half-century ago. Continuous learning is not only a job requirement but also a great habit to keep our minds fresh and knowledge updated. Learning agility is a person's ability to learn quickly, and adapt prior knowledge to new experiences, build professional competency, and solve complex problems smoothly. Here are three aspects to develop learning agility.

Innatelearningcycle Change is the new normal and knowledge could be outdated sooner than what we thought. Learning becomes a knowledge builder and we can define learning through the information it absorbs and the capability it builds. Learning competency differentiates high potential from mediocre, and it’s the great indicator of people's proficiency and long term professional competency. Learning cycles assume that learning is a process, it’s important to rationalize a healthy learning-unlearning-relearning cycle to keep knowledge fresh and enhance learning agility.

Innovativelevelsofadvancement Nowadays, organizations and human societies are inextricably connected with information technology. The geographical territories, knowledge boundaries, industry borders, or functional barriers are starting to weaken, allowing business leaders and professionals to pursue their aspirations, develop a fitting mindset, build their unique competency, as well as apply their expertise to the greatest effect.

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