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RANGE: Why Generalists Succeed in a Specialists’ World

The Next Big Idea

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Ig Nobel, I Don't Do Research, I Only Do Search

We have way too much confidence in the accuracy of the match mechanisms that are in place. There is no reason for someone who is 25 or 28 or 30 years old to believe the system has successfully matched them with what they ought to be doing. And again this is what the army realized where they said our traditional tests are not doing as good a job as this talent based branching. You have to actually do some experimentation and maybe that's annoying but it should be viewed as an investment in long term development.

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