The Management Issues Blog on 18 November 2004 reported the following:
"Virgin's Sir Richard Branson, Amstrad's Sir Alan Sugar, Body Shop founder Anita Roddick, Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers and media magnate Ted Turner are all highly successful business people. And they are all dyslexic.
But now research has found that far from being a hindrance in the business world, having difficulty with words can be a positive advantage.
A study carried out at Simfonec, the Science Enterprise Centre based at the Cass Business School in London, has found that entrepreneurs are five times more likely to have dyslexia than people at managerial level."
Pete's Points
What an interesting finding!
I wonder what the results would be if we tested a much larger group of entrepreneurs? Would we find that success in schooling had very little to do with success in business? If so, then how would this impact on the current mind set that it is only by improving our education that we can find gainful employment and enjoy a satisfying life style?
Has the current method of schooling got it wrong?
Should we be seeking to retain and embellish "childlike" as distinct from "childish" behaviours?
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