Unlearning What you Learned

Management is now about unlearning, learning and then relearning. Alvin Toffler talks about knowledge era, the time when information becomes resource and proper utilisation depends upon knowig what you need not know.
The logic behind this paradigm shift is that managers need to adapt to the innovations and to the new ideologies.
What you were doing earlier as a superior like in dilbert and how to manage your subordinates has completely changed as to how you motivate and prepare your successor.
What you have been doing for last ten-fifteen years navigating the ship, giving orders to the sailors is now taken over by the new captain who soils his hands, eats with the sailor and mentors him.What would you do in this situation, fight him back, but how? When no one's ready to work for you.
Every one would like to work under a person who can adjust with the shadow of the growing ego of employees.
Almost every persn has access to the information which is slowly breaking the power hierarchy.You can be questioned on your policy if you talk to your employee about new compensation plan! You can be six months old in your concept if you underestimate the potential of the clerk to that of your company CA.
How do you unlearn being a boss and learn being a leader?
Todays HR managers are not just searching for a plain canvas which they can paint like they need but they are looking for a photo-editor where in photo can be edited.
Adaptability depends upon various factors . One of them being giving importance to what you need to grow on, forecast the future and prepare for it, forget the perceptions and take what you see.
Managers need to know what needs to be filtered.