Going to school won't help your kids get a job. This way of thinking will.

Technology adaptability is humanity’s superpower for the decade ahead.

Today’s dynamic complexity demands an ability to adapt and thrive in ambiguous and poorly defined situations, a context that generates anxiety for most because it has always felt safer to generalize.

Just think about some of the buzzwords that characterized the business advice over the past 40 to 50 years: Core competence, unique skills, deep expertise. For as far back as many of us can remember, the key to success was developing a specialization that allowed us to climb the professional ladder.

It wasn’t enough to be a doctor, one had to specialize further, perhaps in cardiology. But then it wasn’t enough to be a cardiologist, one had to specialize further, perhaps as a cardiac surgeon. And it wasn’t just medicine, it was in almost all professions.

The message was clear: Focus on developing expertise and you’ll rise through the ranks and earn more money. The approach worked. Many of today’s leaders ascended by specializing.

The future belongs to adaptive talents

But as the typical mutual …