Why Generalists Own the Future
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Why Generalists Own the Future
The early specializers often won in the short-term, and lost in the long run. Workers who received general education, the economists concluded, were better positioned to adapt to change in a wicked world, where work next year might not look like work last year.
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The game has shifted, and the winning strategy with it. It’s no longer about understanding specialized details; it’s about grasping the high-level global picture. It’s less about knowing how to patch a system and more about knowing that it needs to be patched. It’s more about architecture, and less about implementation. Precisely where generalists ... See more
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Rise of the Generalist Sources
- “Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World,” David Epstein, 2019.
- “The Skillful Corporation,” McKinsey Quarterly, Five Fifty, 2018.
- “The Fastest Path to the CEO Job, According to a 10-Year Study,” Elena Lytkina Botelho, Kim Rosenkoetter Powell, and Nicole Wong, Harvard Business Review, January 31, 2018.
- “Harv
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generalists will continue to thrive in business as it becomes increasingly valuable to know “a little bit about a lot.”
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Generalists have the advantage of interdisciplinary knowledge, which fosters creativity and a firmer understanding of how the world works. They have a better overall perspective and can generally perform second-order thinking in a wider range of situations than the specialist can.
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