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Streetwise, street smart

1. Graduates need to be streetwise, not high IQ “A high IQ helps, but HR and talent managers ask us to select graduates that have common sense, are streetwise, and understand how to innovate and lead,” says Max Choi, Occupational Psychologist. “You are simply not going to assess these qualities with a traditional verbal or numerical test. That’s why we are developing a Scenarios test to assess their practical, real-world decision making”. Max is co-author of Scenarios – the first valid psychometric test of Managerial Judgement marketed by SHL Group plc. - Questpartnership.co.uk, October 9, 2007.

2. Paralyzed Former Cop Thwarts Robbery

When suspected drug dealers shot Dallas Police Detective David Rodriguez 14 years ago, leaving him paralyzed, they may have ended his law enforcement career — but he never lost his street smarts. “Once you are a cop those skills, those instincts that want to be involved to be in the middle never leave you,” said Rodriguez, who cultivated his skills pounding the pavement as an officer. So when Rodriguez, now a paraplegic, pulled his silver pickup truck up to a Dallas Jack-in-the-Box drive-through window Monday afternoon, the 60-year-old said he was at first frustrated with the slow service, but soon noticed the terrified look on an employee’s face. “She kept moving her eyes to the left. At that point I realized this is probably a robbery,” Rodriguez said. Inside, the alleged gunman — later identified by police as Royal Robinson, 34 — had reportedly flashed a handgun at employees and asked them to empty out the cash register. He stuffed about $174 into his pockets before fleeing, police say. Seeing the suspect running, Rodriguez pulled out of the drive-in line with his vehicle, which is specially outfitted to be driven by hand. His cop instincts instantly took over. He called 911 from his cell phone as he followed the gunman. When the robber realized someone was tailing him, he drew a handgun and pointed it at the retired officer. “He pointed it at me and he comes running towards me,” Rodriguez said. Rodriguez threw his truck into reverse to block him; and Rodriguez says Robinson then took off and tried to carjack a man before fleeing into a nearby lot, where police found him cowering behind a trash bin. - ABC News, March 27, 2008.