Cedric Chin — Accelerating Business Expertise (EP. 207)

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Mar 14, 2024

Exploring business expertise with Cedric Chin, diving into naturalistic decision making, accelerating expertise through trial & error, staying open-minded, and the power of reading protocols. Discussing cognitive flexibility, human mimicry in tech adoption, engaging podcast dialogues, and accelerating expertise through wisdom and learning.

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ANECDOTE

Origin Story: From Content Marketing To Commoncog

Cedric began writing to learn content marketing after leaving his engineering role and running a company in Vietnam.
His blog evolved into Commoncog as he chased why self-made Asian conglomerates outperformed formal business schooling.

INSIGHT

The Business Expertise Triad

Lea DeBello's triad frames business expertise as operations, market, and capital.
Great executives understand interactions among all three legs and hire teammates to fill gaps.

ANECDOTE

Board Nearly Fired A Crucial CEO

DeBello used forecasting tests on executive teams and found only the CEO could 'see around corners' on the capital leg.
Firing that CEO would have left the firm without anyone skilled at capital allocation when markets turned.

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