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> it’s just not possible to get promoted straight up the ranks in your 20s no matter how good you are. Seniority trumps ability. Experience. Experience and wis
by btbuildem 2y ago
> it’s just not possible to get promoted straight up the ranks in your 20s no matter how good you are. Seniority trumps ability.
Experience. Experience and wisdom is what trumps the exuberant overconfidence of an ignorant youth.
- gizmo 2y agoBusinesses periodically have to reinvent themselves in order to survive. But it's hard for experienced executives to accept that the playbook that worked for 20 years no longer does. Businesses fail when executives refuse to accept that their accumulated wisdom and experience has lost its value. Exuberant youthful ignorance isn't everything but neither is being an excellent navigator of a world that no longer exists.