10/ Humans are of very low value as cogs in a machine doing identical things in interchangeable ways, on the same clock, on the basis of identical kinds of training to graded levels. That's for robots.

11/ Humans are most valuable when they have high autonomy, and able to play to their unique strengths and histories, particular sensitivities,... See more

I think the single biggest problem afflicting large companies is the difficulty of assigning a value to each person's work.

Seeing people clearly—or at least more clearly—matters not just when finding the “best” hire, but in identifying the best role for them. Even looking at those of us who are lucky enough to have a high degree of choice about what we do with our work, I’ll bet that as few as 20% of us are in the seat that best optimizes our talents and skills at any... See more