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Intelligence at Work Isn’t What You Think

The First Multiplier in the Performance Loop

Most professionals equate intelligence with knowledge: what you know, how quickly you think, or how technically strong you are.

But knowledge alone doesn’t move work forward.

Activation does.

In this episode of The Career Edge, Leslie Ferry unpacks the first multiplier in the Performance Loop:

Intelligence × Reflection × Adjustment = Growth

And reframes intelligence as something far more practical, and expandable, than natural ability.

At work, intelligence isn’t just cognitive strength. It’s situational awareness. It’s noticing what’s happening in…

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