
Talent

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
... See moreDaniel Gross • Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World

most talented people have little incentive to defer to an individual without a strong moral core. Genius, even simple excellence, multiplies personal options. Why follow someone you can’t trust or who makes you feel soiled?
Patricia Ward Biederman • Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration
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
... See moreTyler Cowen • Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World

