A key lesson from Jamsetji to the leader of the future: Develop four Qs

To achieve all that he did in his lifetime, besides IQ and EQ, the Tata group founder must have been rich in adaptability and spirituality quotients too

While researching for the book Jamsetji Tata: Powerful Learnings for Corporate Success, I wondered what kind of intelligence and self-awareness Jamsetji had developed to achieve all that he did in his lifetime, indeed even beyond. His intelligence quotient (IQ) may be assumed to have been strong — anyway, the originator of IQ testing, Alfred Binet, was born only after Jamsetji died in 1904.
 

IQ ruled the roost for decades until EQ (emotional quotient) was born in 1990. I assume Jamsetji possessed lots of EQ. Why else would he have unilaterally provided creche facilities for kids of employees,