Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World

“In which ways might a Zoom call be more informative than a person-to-person interaction?”

If the person does engage in daily, intensive self-improvement, perhaps eschewing more typical and more social pursuits, there is a greater chance they are the kind of creative obsessive who can make a big difference.

In essence, skinless scouting games boost variety at the expense of precision. You can engage a broader set of actors working on other things to send you their deal flow in exchange for value. This is a good idea if your filtering costs are low. Conversely, if deal costs are high, you might want to consider some element of risk. Either financial ri

When this person disagrees with you, do you think it will be as likely you are wrong as they are wrong?

These days, our very favorite interview question is this one: “What are the open tabs on your browser right now?”

As you assess candidates, you need to figure out what is “wrong” with the particular candidate who might accept your offer, and until you do so, your mind should not rest easy.

“Who are our competitors?”

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

When this person disagrees with you, do you think it will be as likely you are wrong as they are wrong?