Strategies for honing this in-demand skill.
November 23, 2023
Antonio Solano
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Learning agility — the skill of learning from experiences so you can succeed in new situations — is a much sought-after skill to create a flexible, mobile, and resilient workforce. For example, a leader with learning agility can successfully transfer their talents across different parts of an organization. And individuals with high learning agility become the trusted “go-to” for high-profile projects and high-impact positions. In this article, the authors explore what it means to be an agile learner and outline several strategies for increasing your learning agility.
Learning agility is the skill of learning from experiences so you can succeed in new situations. It means knowing what to do when you haven’t done something before, and it’s increasingly important as “squiggly,” non-linear careers marked with unknowns are becoming everyone’s reality.
Helen Tupper is the cofounder and CEO of Amazing If, a company with an ambition to make careers better for everyone. Together with her business partner Sarah Ellis, she is the author of The Sunday Times number-one bestseller The Squiggly Career, You Coach You, and host of the Squiggly Careers podcast. Their TEDx talk, “The best career path isn’t always a straight line,” has over one million views. Prior to Amazing If, she held leadership roles at Microsoft, Virgin, and BP and was awarded the FT & 30% Club’s Women in Leadership MBA Scholarship.
Sarah Ellis is the cofounder and CEO of Amazing If, a company with an ambition to make careers better for everyone. Together with her business partner Helen Tupper, she is the author of The Sunday Times number-one bestseller The Squiggly Career, You Coach You, and host of the Squiggly Careers podcast. Their TEDx talk, “The best career path isn’t always a straight line,” has over one million views. Prior to Amazing If, Sarah’s career included leadership roles at Barclays and Sainsbury’s before she become managing director at creative agency Gravity Road.
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