Table B6.

Panel 6 responses

Competency	Yes	No	Rationale for no
Planning and management	7	0
Financial and economic literacy	6	1	Financial planning is a managerial role and not necessarily the role of a basic scientist. This is not needed by everyone and in fact should be a task allocated only to the finance staff of a company, start-up, or university
Mobilizing resources	7	0
Spotting opportunities	6	1	While this seems like a “yes” answer, in fact basic scientists or managers with a definite task should focus on that and not be looking for “opportunities” wherever they exist.
Vision	5	2	(1) While important to start with a vision, this needs a better definition in entrepreneurship and innovation. A vision may need to be very flexible in this setting, but are sometimes rigid and can be a hinderance for innovation.(2) Again, many people work in a focused area without the need to visualize the future – I want my staff to get the analysis done, and not worry about how or if we will market certain areas for future growth
Valuing ideas	6	1	Value to me is a monetary return and often i do not need staff to worry about this. It is often sufficient for the boss to say do this and not needed for everyone to be able to demonstrate this
Creativity	6	1	Is your future job to plow through a defined scientific problem using established tools, or is it to develop an independent group (lab, start-up, core facility)?
Self-awareness and self-efficacy	7	0
Mobilizing others	6	1	This is an important leadership trait, but may be delegated to a manager. Effective entrepreneurs are not always the best managers
Working with others	7	0
Learning through experience	7	0
Taking the initiative	6	1	Not everyone needs or has leadership skills
Motivation and perseverance	6	1	Not everyone needs or has leadership skills
Coping with uncertainty, ambiguity, and risk	7	0
Ethical and sustainable thinking	6	1	I don’t believe everyone has the cognitive ability to analyze the consequences of their work