Knowledge professionals must be strategic to their businesses or face extinction. That's the current mantra. But what do strategically significant leaders require to thrive in today's volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) world? Who are the role models KM professionals can learn from? From my experience those who have operated at senior leaderships levels in the elite Special Forces represent the benchmark. Such individuals all share one quality. They have an edge. John Seely Brown has described the edge as representing the boundaries of organisations. For him when we do things by habit, follow the flock or complete repetitive tasks, we are working at the core. We stay within our comfort zone. Sweet as the core feels, comfortable and secure as it is, growth or change doesn't occur.
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机译：知识专业人士必须对自己的业务具有战略意义或面临灭绝。这就是目前的口头禅。但是，在当今动荡，不确定，复杂和模棱两可（VUCA）的世界中，具有战略意义的领导者需要什么才能蓬勃发展？ KM专业人士可以向谁学习榜样？根据我的经验，那些在精锐特种部队中担任高级领导职务的人就是基准。这样的人都共享一种品质。他们有优势。 John Seely Brown将边缘描述为代表组织的边界。对于他来说，当我们按习惯做事，跟随羊群或完成重复性任务时，我们就处于核心地位。我们留在我们的舒适区内。核心感觉很甜美，舒适却安全，不会发生增长或变化。
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