Our leaders discussed the desirable traits holistically and disseminated why there might be a lack of Risk takers, Adaptability, Imagination, Curiosity, Experimentation, Empathy, and candidates willing to make things happen, call the shots and question people and ideas.

We questioned whether academia was a little too aligned on success metrics as opposed to giving students the opportunity to be more curious and creative. We all agreed the recent trend of Industrial placements, graduate schemes, IP schemes and degree apprenticeships were crucial to heightening the knowledge, skills and behaviour gaps we desire in our businesses moving forward.

We also talked about work life versus what we likely ask students to do in exams. Geared towards a winning one answer approach where in the business world we use our tablets and laptops to continually edit and iterate, with much better results.

Now of course, this is a small segment of leaders, but our conversation covered work from home culture, a lack of a Covid escape plan for enterprise and business from the UK government and cultural shifts that aligned with a lack leadership and maverick spirit from an early age.

We'd love to hear from you:

• Do you agree with our findings and thoughts, do you disagree?

• Is there a need for the work from home balance to change in emphasis?

• Is our modern-day curriculum too aligned to success metrics and tick boxes and not close enough to experimentation and play?