But it is heaven for the young and flexible: help-wanted signs usually impose an upper age limit of 30, and the shift to free enterprise has put a premium on educated newcomers who do not have to unlearn the bad old ways.

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As my Japanese mentor Jiro Tokuyama used to say, East Asia will have to unlearn the secrets of its past success.

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This might be even tougher than learning it the right way in the first place, because you have to unlearn all of the detracting things you think.

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The rate of change is clearly outpacing most leaders ability to learn and unlearn.

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One of the most difficult areas for executives to wrap their mind around is how to unlearn legacy based thinking.

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