Business leaders should present a set of unconventional intelligence for dealing with over-complexity and hyper-competition of the digital new normal.
There are a variety of “leadership intelligence” to verify leadership authenticity and harness leadership maturity.
Cognitive intelligence: Even though everyone lives in actual reality, we experience actual reality through the filter of our personal perceptions. Distorted perceptions deepen misunderstanding, cause conflicts or unnecessary pain. There are all sorts of misperception symptoms such as stereotypical thinking or unconscious bias, preconceived ideas about how things should happen, seeing the trees but missing the forest, etc. Sometimes out of date perception is like time glue that keeps you still, lagging behind the era you live in. Perception gaps will further cause the blind spots in decision-making and enlarge gaps in problem-solving.
Leaders’ cognitive intelligence directly impacts their perception objectivity and decision effectiveness. They should make an objective self-assessment by pondering: Can I perceive right and make sound judgments most of the time? Am I a conventional thinker or an innovator? To improve cognitive intelligence, do not always follow the preconceived opinions or conventional wisdom, continue updating knowledge, gain deep insight and empathy, to address our ignorance and assumptions we make to minimize it. The most important capability of cognitive intelligence helps us to make clear discernment and sound judgment. The executives with cognitive competence understand the mind-set of all members of the group, they do not dominate discussions, instead, they encourage open critical debate, embrace diverse viewpoints, encourage each team member to contribute positively, take nonlinear scenarios to solve problems effectively.
Contextual intelligence: Intelligence is the capacity to understand and apply wisdom to the knowledge you are exposed to; contextualization aids us in understanding what’s relevant and what’s not. Either for making decisions or solving problems, contextual intelligence is crucial in making sound decisions, especially at the strategic level. Analysis and synthesis are crucial ingredients in shaping contextual intelligence. In any case, the analysis is to break things down, to have knowledge of an argument, a situation, a problem. Synthesis is to bind up, summarize understanding of the issue and transfer information about it to others without “lost in translation.”
To solve complex problems and lead in the global environment, leaders with context intelligence can gain an in-depth understanding of where all the boundaries are, the scope and context of the problem, see a complex problem with interactive pieces and “conflict” goals, understand the whole meaning of languages and cultures, the interrelationships, and interpret things in a cohesive way, create the relevant context to make an everlasting solution. Furthermore, contextual intelligence can often trigger creativity. A leader works through the context across the boxes to inspire alliance and shape the new box of thinking to encourage innovative problem-solving.
Paradoxical intelligence: Paradox is defined as a statement that seems contradictory, but that may actually be true in fact. Intelligence is a cognitive process involving rational and abstract thinking; it is the goal- directed and purposeful. The leaders with paradoxical intelligence may evoke the paradoxical thinking process, gain understanding of people or issues in a more objective, empathetic, and systematic way, see things from different angles and understand the situation profoundly, to avoid decision pitfalls such as binary thinking or extreme thinking in order to craft better strategies, solve crucial problems and lead forward successfully.
We are shifting into a hyper-connected, and hyper-competitive digital paradigm, the answer to many questions is not just “right,” or “wrong,” but there are many shades in between. Digital leaders or professionals with high paradoxical intelligence can think through multi-dimensional angles, embrace the seemingly paradoxical point of views, shape balanced viewpoints to make effective decisions, and develop emotional excellence which can only be achieved by balancing of confidence and humbleness; logic and intuition, knowledge and imagination.
As both businesses and the world become over-complex and hyper-competitive, business leaders should present a set of unconventional intelligence for dealing with over-complexity and hyper-competition of the digital new normal. They are able to see the full spectrum of colors, with shade in gray; bridge cultural differences, capture leadership wisdom, drive progressive change, and accelerate performance in the nonlinear business dynamic effortlessly.
Cognitive intelligence: Even though everyone lives in actual reality, we experience actual reality through the filter of our personal perceptions. Distorted perceptions deepen misunderstanding, cause conflicts or unnecessary pain. There are all sorts of misperception symptoms such as stereotypical thinking or unconscious bias, preconceived ideas about how things should happen, seeing the trees but missing the forest, etc. Sometimes out of date perception is like time glue that keeps you still, lagging behind the era you live in. Perception gaps will further cause the blind spots in decision-making and enlarge gaps in problem-solving.
Leaders’ cognitive intelligence directly impacts their perception objectivity and decision effectiveness. They should make an objective self-assessment by pondering: Can I perceive right and make sound judgments most of the time? Am I a conventional thinker or an innovator? To improve cognitive intelligence, do not always follow the preconceived opinions or conventional wisdom, continue updating knowledge, gain deep insight and empathy, to address our ignorance and assumptions we make to minimize it. The most important capability of cognitive intelligence helps us to make clear discernment and sound judgment. The executives with cognitive competence understand the mind-set of all members of the group, they do not dominate discussions, instead, they encourage open critical debate, embrace diverse viewpoints, encourage each team member to contribute positively, take nonlinear scenarios to solve problems effectively.
Contextual intelligence: Intelligence is the capacity to understand and apply wisdom to the knowledge you are exposed to; contextualization aids us in understanding what’s relevant and what’s not. Either for making decisions or solving problems, contextual intelligence is crucial in making sound decisions, especially at the strategic level. Analysis and synthesis are crucial ingredients in shaping contextual intelligence. In any case, the analysis is to break things down, to have knowledge of an argument, a situation, a problem. Synthesis is to bind up, summarize understanding of the issue and transfer information about it to others without “lost in translation.”
To solve complex problems and lead in the global environment, leaders with context intelligence can gain an in-depth understanding of where all the boundaries are, the scope and context of the problem, see a complex problem with interactive pieces and “conflict” goals, understand the whole meaning of languages and cultures, the interrelationships, and interpret things in a cohesive way, create the relevant context to make an everlasting solution. Furthermore, contextual intelligence can often trigger creativity. A leader works through the context across the boxes to inspire alliance and shape the new box of thinking to encourage innovative problem-solving.
We are shifting into a hyper-connected, and hyper-competitive digital paradigm, the answer to many questions is not just “right,” or “wrong,” but there are many shades in between. Digital leaders or professionals with high paradoxical intelligence can think through multi-dimensional angles, embrace the seemingly paradoxical point of views, shape balanced viewpoints to make effective decisions, and develop emotional excellence which can only be achieved by balancing of confidence and humbleness; logic and intuition, knowledge and imagination.
As both businesses and the world become over-complex and hyper-competitive, business leaders should present a set of unconventional intelligence for dealing with over-complexity and hyper-competition of the digital new normal. They are able to see the full spectrum of colors, with shade in gray; bridge cultural differences, capture leadership wisdom, drive progressive change, and accelerate performance in the nonlinear business dynamic effortlessly.
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