6: It Is Your Destiny! The Impact of Organizational Memory and Succession Planning on Leadership

When Aang is first found, it has been almost 100 years since an Avatar was in the world. Despite this long period of time that has passed, the idea of the Avatar and what it means to be an Avatar still exists in the minds of people in the world. Sokka and Kitara were born into a world where no Avatar is present but can still recognize that Aang is the Avatar and have ideas of what an Avatar is. How have ideas of what an Avatar is continued for so long in the absence of one?

Even though Aang has been gone for a long time, there remains knowledge and process of how a new Avatar must gain certain experiences and skills to become a full-fledged Avatar versus a trainee. Korra is seen working to gain those skills and experiences in her own time of becoming the Avatar.