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#97 Roger Martin: Forward Thinking

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

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The Storm Trooper Problem

i think of that as the storm trooper problem. And we saw this at the intelligence agencies where i used to work. We actually actively try to eliminate them through the hiring process, through the promotion process, through everything. Theye viewe this as a way to reduce security risk. It might be. But the problem is, you get these people into an organization, an large organization, then you give them a check list for promotions. You need to do these ten things, and then you'll get promoted. Then all of a sudden they wake up at thirty and they're given a problem that you can't gogle, that there's no procedure for,. That hasn't existed in

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