Here's a typical job interview question from McKinsey to rack your brain: why is a man hole cover often round as shown here?

Here are my possible answers:

1) If the man hole cover had been a square cut, it will drop into the manhole easily through the diagonal space;

2) When taken out, one can easily roll the manhole cover, which is too heavy for hand carry, on the ground;

3) The drill for creating the manhole is round;

McKinsey studied the growth patterns of the world’s 5,000 largest public companies over the past 15 years to identify the clearest pathways to growth. Findings suggest 10 rules that should guide organizations seeking to outgrow and outearn their peers.

Unlock the growth code: https://mck.co/3x7pMsB

According to McKinsey: 

These are the foundational skills you will need for the future of work, comprising 56 distinct elements of talent (DELTAs) that fall within thirteen broad skills groups, and four categories, namely, cognitive, digital, interpersonal, and self-leadership. 

They  call them DELTAs, rather than skills, because they are a mix of skills and attitudes. 

“Adaptability” and “coping with uncertainty” are attitudes, for example.

MCKINSEY'S 'T-SHAPED PRO' WITH HOWARD GARDNER'S 'FIVE MINDS FOR THE FUTURE'

Dilip Mukerjea and I spend an inordinate amount of time in cyberspace to brainstorm a broad array of different ideas and multiple perspectives. 

Prior to moving to Vietnam from Singapore, he often popped into my residence in Jurong West to have our  regular "pow wow", followed by chilling out with "teh c" (milked tea) in the nearby food court.  

In fact, the cafe on the ground floor of the National Library Building in Singapore had also been our regular "springboard".

We are full-time dedicated and energetic fellow explorers in the field of life-long and life-wide learning, including creative explorations

As shown above is just one of the recent productive outcomes from our cyberspace "pow wow".

What we have done is what I like to call, a "proactively combinatorial" initiative, whereby  McKinsey's original idea of a 'T-Shaped Pro' is pitched against Howard Gardner's 'Five Minds for the Future', just to make the composite idea more future savvy.

The adage, "Two Heads Are Better Than One", is very true. More importantly, "Knowledge Shared is Power Squared."