It’s not just Gen Z: This baby boomer bank CEO says his MBA was a waste—and the skills he learned have ‘degraded, degraded, degraded’ since college

fortune.com/2025/06/26/billionaire-standard-chartered-ceo-bill-winters-ai-soft-skills-mba-waste-of-time-gen-z-careers-advice

CEO of the $26 billion bank Standard Chartered, Bill Winters, admits that his MBA was “a waste of time,” and that the skills he learned at college have “degraded, degraded, degraded” over the last 40 years. The executive says that soft skills like communication, curiosity, and empathy…

This story appeared on fortune.com, 2025-06-26 15:32:33.
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