What is needed more in Agile Orgs Intellect Or Empathy with Magnus Vestin?

Author: Ben Maynard & Magnus Vestin
Published: Mon 13 Jun 2022
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Humans are amazing creatures and human intellect and ingenuity have created some of the most wonderful and terrible things ever seen on this planet.

BUT, research shows that traditional intellect alone is not enough to make us successful. Having the biggest and best brains is only a part of the equation in modern, complex and adaptive organisations.

So, if managers have historically been rewarded and organisations succeeding based chiefly based upon the quest for intellect, what would Magnus, an ex-manager, have to say on how this compares against what many of us know in our guts...

That Emotional Intelligence is just as, if not more important.

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Ben is a seasoned expert in product agility coaching, unleashing the potential of people and products. With over a decade of experience, his focus now is product-led growth & agility in organisations of all sizes.

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