Recently, Annette Magnusson, HR Director at Citymail Sweden, shared an inspiring reflection on LinkedIn about age and experience. Her words resonated with me, because they touch on a theme that often remains overlooked in organizations: the power of experience in a rapidly changing world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Annette described how, at different ages, people told her different things: too young, too busy with other priorities, too late, or too old. Yet she discovered that true strength doesn\u2019t lie in age itself, but in the experience and perspectives that grow over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And that is exactly what we need in a VUCA world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
VUCA demands experience<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n VUCA stands for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity \u2013 concepts that define today\u2019s work environment. Organizations are looking for leaders and employees who cannot only cope with change, but also give it direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this context, experience is not baggage \u2013 it\u2019s a superpower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The value of the \u201cexperienced generation\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Too often, the focus is on youth and speed, while experience is seen as slow or outdated. But in reality, experienced professionals are often the stabilizing factor in a VUCA environment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n As Annette writes: \u201cOur best time is now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n A call to leaders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n As leaders, we have the responsibility not only to acknowledge experience but also to make deliberate use of it. That means:<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a VUCA world, the power of experience may well be the difference between surviving and thriving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What do you think? How are organizations today leveraging the power of experience in a world full of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Recently, Annette Magnusson, HR Director at Citymail Sweden, shared an inspiring reflection on LinkedIn about age and experience. Her words resonated with me, because they touch on a theme that often remains overlooked in organizations: the power of experience in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,192],"tags":[23,72,427,209,82],"class_list":["post-10087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-vuca-leadership","tag-coaching","tag-leadership","tag-quenza","tag-reflection","tag-vuca"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n
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