wellspring, adaptability, pinnacle, bedrock, adaptability quotient, or AQ. represents the pinnacle of global dining excellence,

When highlighting how the Japanese capital represents the pinnacle of global dining excellence, British chef Daniel Calvert of Sézanne once opted to use a soccer reference.

“Tokyo really is the Champions League of cooking,” he said.

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20191106-is-aq-more-important-than-intelligence

Both IQ and EQ are considered important to our career success. But today, as technology redefines how we work, the skills we need to thrive in the job market are evolving too. Enter adaptability quotient, or AQ, a subjective set of qualities loosely defined as the ability to pivot and flourish in an environment of fast and frequent change. 

“IQ is the minimum you need to get a job, but AQ is how you will be successful over time,” says Natalie Fratto, a New York-based vice-president at Goldman Sachs who became interested in AQ when she was investing in tech start-ups. She has subsequently presented a popular TED talk on the subject.

Fratto says AQ is not just the capacity to absorb new information,but the ability to work out what is relevant, to unlearn obsolete knowledge, overcome challenges, and to make a conscious effort to change. AQ involves flexibility, curiosity, courage, resilience and problem-solving skills too.

As society changes, could AQ be more crucial to career success than IQ? If so, how do you identify it – and is there a way to hone AQ to future-proof your career?

AQ是一組主觀的素質，大致定義為在快速、頻繁變化的環境中靈活應變和蓬勃發展的能力。

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什麼是「AQ」？它比「IQ」更重要嗎？
隨著科技發展和工作形態的演變，在職場上成功所需要的技能也在不斷變化。AQ，適應能力很可能決定你職業生涯的成功。
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Mark Zuckerberg Refuses to Admit How Facebook Works

The CEO and the social network appear uncomfortable with the bedrock of its business.

Kushners Saw Hope in White House, but It Was a Mirage

By SHARON LaFRANIERE and KATIE BENNER 59 minutes ago

• Charles Kushner felt redeemed when his son Jared was named senior White House adviser last year, a dozen years after a sordid scandal.
• But for the Kushner patriarch and his family, the pinnacle of American political power has turned out to be a wellspring of trouble, bringing criminal and regulatory inquiries.

Working Paper: Wellsprings of Creation: Perturbation and the Paradox of the Highly Disciplined Organization

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5998.htmlMany organizations struggle to balance the conflicting demands of efficiency and innovation. Organizations can become more efficient in the short run by replacing costly, unpredictable problem solving activity with consistent, streamlined routines. However, this efficiency often comes at the cost of long-run adaptability.



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為有源頭活水來


wellspring 水源; （無限の）源泉.

wellspring 　 noun [S] LITERARY
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause of something; the source:the wellspring of the creative spirit




("Bang! Bang! You're dead!" said the child, pointing a plastic gun at me.)

'Hot Fuzz': A Bang-Bang Aimed Dead at Hollywood

The English have a wellspring of humor that can never be exhausted: It's the combination of bestial urges and good manners.


有人書評小說"Henderson the Rain King"
說它是 Threefold Wellspring of Prose
三道(重)泉般之散文?

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The Wellsprings of Knowledge by Dorothy Leonard- Barton
{知識創新之泉} 王美音 (譯).台北: 智價企業, 1998

這本是 Harvard Business Press 1997年之書。末章為 Continuous Wellsprings .


bedrock

[ S ] the main principles on which something is based:

Some people believe that the family is the bedrock of society.

pinnacle

pinnacle - Wiktionary

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pinnacle

pinnacle (plural pinnacles). The highest point. A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain. (figuratively) An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success. (architecture) An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable ...

• English

小尖塔（英語：Pinnacle、ピナクル）は、元は控え壁や小さなタレットの天辺や頂上部の装飾建築物であったが、その後は塔の角やその他の多くの状況で欄干（パラペット）の上に使用された。主にゴシック建築に見られる。

その目的は二つあり、一つは装飾的な目的、二つ目は鉛を使い重くしてフライング・バットレス（Arc-boutant）が身廊ヴォールト（Voûte）から受けるスラスト（推力）を下に逃がすという構造的な目的がある。

adapt (CHANGE)
verb [T]
to change something to suit different conditions or uses:
Many software companies have adapted popular programs to the new operating system.
The recipe here is a pork roast adapted from Caroline O'Neill's book 'Louisiana Kitchen'.
[+ to infinitive] We had to adapt our plans to fit Jack's timetable.
The play had been adapted for (= changed to make it suitable for) children.
Davies is busy adapting Brinkworth's latest novel for television.

adapted
adjective
Both trees are well adapted to London's dry climate and dirty air.

adaptable
adjective
able or willing to change in order to suit different conditions:
The survivors in this life seem to be those who are adaptable to change.

adaptability
noun [U]
Adaptability is a necessary quality in an ever-changing work environment.

adaptation 
noun [C or U]
Evolution occurs as a result of adaptation (= the process of changing) to new environments.
Last year he starred in the film adaptation of Bill Cronshaw's best-selling novel.

adaptive 
adjective SPECIALIZED
possessing an ability to change to suit different conditions