What would it take for you to become the Chief Breakthrough Officer? It would be more than the usual cross-functional skills such as:
- Leadership and strategy
- Financial literacy
- Marketing and sales abilities
- Strategic relationships and negotiation skills, and
- Relevant technology and operational knowledge
You would also need:
- Social Intelligence — encompassing empathy, attunement, organisational awareness, influence, developing others, inspiration and teamwork
- Ability to “think outside the square”
- Openness to risk taking and creating a culture that accepts failure — even in your own sphere of influence
- An ecosystem (internal and external) that supports creativity and innovation
- The ability to draw on different minds and open up to different perspectives
