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How to develop your talent stack
- Collapse the talent stack every chance you get . As I reflect on the teams I’ve led and hundreds of start-ups I’ve worked with, there is a consistent unfair competitive advantage i’ve witnessed when the talent stack was collapsed - when the lead designer was also the product leader, when the front-end engineer was also a designer, when the designer... See more
from Collapsing the Talent Stack, Persona-Led Growth & Designing Organizations for the Future by Scott Belsky
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Adams calls this strategy the ‘talent stack’. The idea is that you combine two or more skills you’re pretty good at, until no-one else has your exact mix. Since there are an infinite number of permutations, anyone who cultivates broad skills and interests can eventually fuse them into a unique stack.
from Optionality: How to Survive and Thrive in a Volatile World by Richard Meadows
- This is a concept some people call skill stacking, where you don't have to be the best at any particular thing, but you accumulate diverse experiences, then bring these unique skills that are ordinary in one area to some other area where they're extraordinary. It gives you a unique place and special power in your work.
from A Conversation With "Range" Author David Epstein by Alex Hickey
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