Organizations today are in constant flux. Industries are consolidating, business models are emerging, new technologies are being developed, and consumer behaviors are evolving. It forces them to understand and quickly respond to big shifts in the way companies operate and how work must get done. In the words of Arie de Geus, a business theorist, The ability to learn faster than your competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage.

I’m not talking about relaxed armchair or even structured classroom learning. I’m talking about resisting the bias against doing new things, scanning the horizon for growth opportunities, and pushing yourse radically different capabilities—while still performing your job. That requires a willingness to experiment and become a novice again and again: an extremely discomforting notion for most of us.

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We’ve identified four attributes they have in spades:aspiration,self-awareness,curiosity,and vulnerability. They truly want to understand and master new skills;they see themselves very clearly;they constantly think of and ask good questions;and they tolerate their own mistakes as they move up the learning curve.

We’ve identified four attributes they have in spades:aspiration,self-awareness,curiosity,and vulnerability. They truly want to understand and master new skills;they see themselves very clearly;they constantly think of and ask good questions;and they tolerate their own mistakes as they move up the learning curve.

We’ve identified four attributes they have in spades:aspiration,self-awareness,curiosity,and vulnerability. They truly want to understand and master new skills;they see themselves very clearly;they constantly think of and ask good questions;and they tolerate their own mistakes as they move up the learning curve.

We’ve identified four attributes they have in spades:aspiration,self-awareness,curiosity,and vulnerability. They truly want to understand and master new skills;they see themselves very clearly.