When 3G bought Burger King in 2010 the industry laughed at the installation of 30-year old executives. “It takes experience and grey hair,” they said. And they’re not wrong.
But they’re less right. Implicit in experience and grey hair is the idea that one has earned a base of knowledge that makes experience and grey hair valuable. But if you’ve accumulated years under your belt and learned nothing valuable, is it useful?
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