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Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age – by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards Source:hbswk.hbs.edu This is the third and final article of the “Leading in the Digital Era” series. Read parts one and two. Leaders who set out to reshape their companies to compete in a fast-evolving digital world often come to a daunting realization: To transform their organizations, they must first transform themselves. However, the qualities they need to develop aren’t the ones you might expect. You might think an organization in flux needs a steady hand, someone with foresight and experience who plots a sensible route to cautiously and competently travel. And, of course, companies need leaders who are also digitally literate, right? In actuality, our research highlighted that none of these characteristics matter as much as you might think when it comes to leading digital transformation. In fact, 71 ...