Nandan Nilekani, CEO and MD of Infosys Technologies writes:
A versatilist has the ability to apply skills more intensively to situations. Hence, they gain new competencies, build new relationships, and assume new roles. One should be equally at ease with technical issues as with business and strategic. You have to synthesize knowledge, experience and the context to create value.
The higher up an individual moves in an organisation, the more he needs to look at the big picture, understand more than one role and develop skills relevant to it— and the more he can be likened to an octopus with each tentacle dealing with a different aspect of the business. The need is to apply a plethora of roles and skills to create a new way of solving problems or taking decisions.
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