Moving from Information Age to Conceptual Age
Daniel Pink is a well known and best-selling author about the changing shape of talent. His provocative works include “The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need”, which interestingly is the first American book in the Japanese comic format known as manga. But you might know him from another one of [...]
Value of B Players
We’ve all heard the stats, the talent pool in organizations can be broadly categorized as top 10% “A Players”, middle 80% “B Players” and the bottom most 10% as “C Players”. Professor Tom DeLong, Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School, discovered that senior executives spend most of their time with “A Players”, resulting [...]
Standardized Tests & Talent Mismatch
Do you remember that “whiz-kid” in your grad/undergrad class who was expected to be the next Bill Gates or Warren Buffet? And do you remember that “invisible” guy who was just happy to score a “B” and was destined to flip burgers for the rest of his life? And do you know where there are today? [...]
