I share some competencies that, according to my experience, new talent should have to contribute to the development of innovation in the company.
I was recently asked what characteristics companies should look for in the employees they hire to become successful innovative organizations. Although there is no absolute consensus on this issue, I share some competencies that, according to my experience, new talent should have to contribute to the development of innovation in the company:
1. Be disruptive, that is, have the courage and ability to ignore past answers to current questions, to question products, processes, services, systems and successful business models to date. Likewise, it must have the necessary creativity to transfer ideas or innovative solutions from other fields, even if these are very alien to one's reality, etc. The person who wants to create something innovative, must free themselves from the traditional and archaic way of thinking, in addition to knowing how to manage, and manage, in situations of uncertainty.
2. Be tolerant of frustration. This means being resilient to failures and being able to learn from them. For innovation you have to experiment, be aware that there will be failures and still maintain the desire to do something new and different. This involves withstanding and digesting setbacks. Employees must be clear that failure is not a personal Waterloo, but is an intrinsic part of the nature of a new way of working towards innovation. On the other hand, executives must actively promote this thought scheme, not sanctioning, but rather encouraging the predisposition of their employees to commit failures in the desire to innovate. It is important, at this point, to point out the difference between a failure and an error.
The failure is something involuntary and the negative result of an idea or initiative to improve or change, for good, certain situations, goods, etc. On the other hand, an error means to contravene any rule or provision in a deliberate way or even through ignorance, an action that must be sanctioned.
3. Be empathetic, which means having the ability to put yourself in the shoes of the other employees of the company, regardless of their hierarchical level, and those of the clients, who are finally "those who give us food" (in Exsa, the company that I had the honor to lead, we called it a focus on the internal and external client). In this framework, the main executives must have the emotional competencies necessary to motivate, lead and generate the necessary emotional well-being in all employees so that they accompany them "to the stratosphere"
4. Be optimistic, have confidence in yourself and a positive attitude towards your task or responsibility and, in general, towards life. In the following years the changes or disruptive developments will increase exponentially, so who is skeptical or opposed to the change, will be on the side. However, such optimism must go hand in hand with a healthy capacity to question things and criticize constructively. It is obvious that executives have a great responsibility not to discourage that optimism on the part of their employees, and it is basic to create and maintain an environment of complete transparency and honesty.
5. Have their own initiative, which means having the ability to make the most of the free spaces that are presented in the companies. Thinking as an entrepreneur and being able to organize, and organize your environment, is the key. It is no longer enough to comply fully with the orders and instructions of their leaders, but to take decisions and take responsibility for them. However, care must be taken not to exceed this exercise and lose the important balance of life, becoming a workaholic, converting what is supposed to be a virtuous circle into a vicious one.
6. Know how to adapt to an environment of diversity, that is, to feel comfortable working with heterogeneous teams at the level of gender, culture, profession, religion, etc., because diversity is the engine of innovation. The world we live in is complex, and that complexity must be reflected in companies. Companies whose employees have the ability to analyze problems from as many angles as possible have a great competitive advantage. It is obvious that for this, the executives who lead these companies must demonstrate that they have the ability to gather all employees around the same vision, and promote the discipline necessary to maintain that vision and the objectives that flow from it.
7. Hace affinity with technology, not be afraid of digitalization and make it their own, taking advantage of it as a useful tool for achieving their goals. Nowadays, this is a critical competence for the development of innovation, both in the private and in the professional field. It is not about being an expert in programming, but about understanding the logic behind digital tools. The digital technology is in the day to day and, therefore, every employee must have a minimum knowledge of it.
I am interested in knowing your opinion on this topic. How are Peruvian companies in relation to these competences? What do we lack as a country to advance in the path of innovation and thus improve the welfare of our citizens? I invite you to respond in the comments.
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