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Chapter 8 - Contextual Intelligence

Utilizing the Environment in Transitions

from Part II - Transition Expertise

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 May 2024

Christopher Connolly
Affiliation:
Sporting Bodymind Ltd
Fernand Gobet
Affiliation:
London School of Economics and Political Science
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Summary

This chapter draws upon and integrates aspects of two well-researched hybrid models of intelligence: practical intelligence and social intelligence. Contextual intelligence addresses how individuals interact with their environment. Contextual intelligence in transitions operates in three main categories: (1) identifying environmental resources such as physical resources, enabling environments, education and training, or team resources; (2) identifying knowledge experts such as peers and mentors or external knowledge experts and stakeholders, who provide expert domain knowledge in diverse fields; and (3) understanding of the cultural and social milieu into which one is moving, whether this be understanding the cultural climate, accessing culturally embedded knowledge, using the right language, or ultimately navigating the politics of the new arena. Retrospective interviews with twenty-four elite performers in three domains (business, sports, and music) are used to investigate how contextual intelligence is used to successfully and repeatedly transition to higher positions within their field.

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Transition Expertise and Identity
A Study of Individuals Who Succeeded Repeatedly in Life and Career Transitions
, pp. 145 - 172
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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