Be an all-rounder to survive

Indian men's cricket team's premier spin bowler Kuldeep Yadav failed to make it to the playing XI in all the 5 tests in the recently concluded 'away' test series against England. The reason being his inability to lend batting support like a Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, or Ravindra Jadeja, hence his inclusion would have affected the team's balance.

In the 'home' test series against West Indies and South Africa later this year he may again miss out as an allrounder like Axar Patel may get the nod ahead of him!

The bottom-line here is that in today's competitive and cut-throat world, you must be skilled in more than one trade to survive. If we look at the corporate workspace, especially at a time today when job cuts are rampant due to the southward global market scenario and rapid surge of AI, the need to be an allrounder becomes even more important. A content person can be asked to do marketing, a sales guy can be told to engage in project management, a non-tech manager may be roped into technology, and it goes on. And you need to be ready and prepared to take it up with an open and positive mindset.

We no longer live in a world where business functions in a linear fashion. This is the order of the day, and unless you are up for it, someone else will grab the opportunity and you will miss the bus!