Bill Winters, CEO of Standard Chartered, claims that his MBA from Wharton was a waste of time, highlighting the importance of his humanities background in international relations and history from Colgate University. He emphasizes that these subjects taught him critical thinking skills, which he argues have diminished over the years. With the rising influence of AI in the workplace, Winters stresses the need for strong thinking and communication abilities, suggesting that technical skills are becoming less relevant compared to interpersonal understanding and empathy.
I got an MBA later, but that was a waste of time. I learned how to think at university. For the 40 years since I left university, those skills have been degraded, degraded, degraded.
In the age of AI, it's critical that you know how to think and communicate. Communication isn't about churning out answers, but anticipating audience needs with curiosity and empathy.
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