FUTURE TALENT November - January 2019/2020 | Page 72

To meet the
challenges
of the future,
learning will
be lifelong
and a person’s
‘learning quotient’
key to their
employability.
| Clare Grist Taylor
HOW
TO
... BOOST YOUR
LEARNABILITY

QUOTIENT
N
ot content with IQ or even
EQ, we’re now in an era of
CQ (curiosity or creativity
quotient), SQ (spirituality
quotient) and, perhaps more
impor tantly, LQ: learning or
learnability quotient.
This move towards multiple
intelligences reflects the fact that
we’re operating in a complex and
fast-moving world. IQ and EQ still
provide the critical underpinning of
rational intelligence and emotional
awareness, but more might be
needed to meet the challenges of
the future. Developing learnability
quotient (LQ) could help bridge
that gap.
According to LQ exper t s,
ManpowerGroup, learnability is the
“desire and ability to grow and adapt
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What’s your LQ personality type?
INTELLECTUAL UNCONVENTIONAL ADVENTUROUS
Scholar: you constantly
thirst for knowledge Free spirit: you actively
forge your own path Thrill-seeker: you are
unafraid of the unknown
Thinker: you balance
street smar ts with
book-learning Innovator: you’re open
to new ideas and trends Explorer: you work best
in a mix of chaos
and routine
Doer: you enjoy tackling
clearly defined problems Traditionalist: you prefer
playing by the rules Planner: you like thinking
ahead