“doing things without needing or wanting validation from other people makes someone interesting. cultural traditions make someone interesting. having the ability to talk to a stranger and pick up on any type of topic / conversation makes someone interesting—it's one thing to know a lot about one thing, but it's everything to know a little about a... See more

As you present your questions and listen to the candidate’s stories in response, note whether the interviewee uses unusual expressions, seems to be coining their own phrases, explains basic concepts in a way different from what you might hear in the mainstream, speaks as if they are developing useful memes, has unusual rhythmic patterns to their

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We focus on a very specific kind of talent in this book—namely, talent with a creative spark—and that is where the bureaucratic approach is most deadly. In referring to the creative spark, we mean people who generate new ideas, start new institutions, develop new methods for executing on known products, lead intellectual or charitable movements, or

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