How do we address the Knowledge Vertex?

 We talk about 21st Century Skills and 21st Century Attitude to work. The third part of that triangle is 21st Century Knowledge.

The importance of that hit while reading Priyanka Singh's edition this morning. It explains cryptocurrency in a phenomenal, easy way. But while reading the edition, I realised that the Knowledge vertex of the Attitude - Skills - Knowledge triangle is missing in our lives.

This Digital First generation is being taught by us - an analog first generation. The millennials are making an amazing new dynamic world, but who is teaching that to their peers and juniors?

Many children in the world don't know about GPT-3, yet they cannot be expected to not know as they enter the job market - IT or not. Because 'citizen developers' are now also expected to develop apps.

Not just that, many of us in the older generation HAVE to learn and keep ourselves updated, just to stay relevant.

I really believe that addressing the Knowledge Vertex will not just create more aware citizens, but also more conscious ones. Its not about content on the internet like leaves in a grocery market. Its about creating channels where the right information reaches the right recipient in a format that works for them.

How do we solve for that?

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What are your skills, exactly?

When a woman comes to work after a break, the no. 1 question she is asked is "skills." So here it is, a skill based:

RESUME OF A WOMAN

Profile Brief

A CEO level talent with incredible view of all dimensions of running an enterprise. A dedicated and mature leader who has proven track record in aligning contrasting stakeholders to a common goal.

Finance

End to end budgeting, funds allocation and management of funds, accounting and internal audit for an annual budget of XX LPA. Upto 7-10% YoY increase in the budget every year. Additional responsibility is absorbed with no team augmentation.

Operations

Task Scheduling and Monitoring to ensure end to end efficiency in operations. Track record of less than 2% outage/task slippage over x years.

Operations Planning using CPM to ensure non-stop business continuity with minimal time investment.

Maintenance Scheduling and monitoring for all capital and operational assets including perishables.

Inventory Management

Demand forecasting and Inventory Management for 120+ SKUs, panning across Capex, Opex and perishables, with 0 outages and less than 10% forecasting error.

Human Resources

Recruitment, Talent Engagement, Agile Performance Management system with ongoing 360 degree feedback for a team of 5. Annual Attrition at <20%. Exit management and HR transactions like payroll, benefits, grievance and discipline management. 24*7*365 POSH monitoring and control.

Stakeholder Engagement

Excellent stakeholder management skills with proven ability to align stakeholders with opposing agendas to arrive at a common ground and collaborate. Ability to deal with a variety of stakeholders across levels, domains and organisations.

Negotiation Skills

Ability to negotiate in 1:1 and 1:M situations and arrive at Win-Win outcomes.

Project Management

Ability to plan, execute, monitor, control and close projects of short and long term duration across travel, construction and education industries. Brings valuable client perspective to the table.

Procurement

Ability to source on both “L1” and “L1,V1” basis for industries as varied as FMCG, Stationery, Appliances, Construction, Materials(B2B) etc.

Vendor Management

Contract Management, Performance Monitoring, Review Feedback, Payments processing and ongoing vendor relationship management.

Risk Management

Operational and Behavioral Risk Management in operational capacity. Ability to foresee risk, threat, vulnerability and plan accordingly.

Internal Audit

Ability to deduce information from written and unwritten sources and remain an agile internal watchdog. Also ensures organisational preparedness for external audits.

Communications Management

Ability to customise the message according to the needs of the recipient. Ability to be sensitive and responsive to the communication needs of various stakeholders and ensures adequate contact and communication.

Quality

Ability to apply simple QA and QC procedures to ensure quality. Ability to train team members on the importance of quality.