Is EF the New IQ?

What a very cool article Newsweek published on executive functioning. EF is an area that I believe IM impacts so dramatically that it can change the course of lives, more so than academics even. Once I get my spread sheet up and going, look at the areas of interest that I have,initiation, impulse control,attention, many would fall under the EF processes. Here's the article: http://www.newsweek.com/id/139885