Diversity, Curiosity and Innovation
Via Curious?, I found Give Curiosity and Chance. Here’s a telling quote
From a hiring perspective (you just knew this was coming, right?), hiring managers are in love with deliverables and narrowly defined requirements. Look at job postings these days and you’ll find a litany of mandatory experience and skills.
Innovation requires curiosity. And, it requires diversity of thought and experience. ((See Frans Johansson’s The Medici Effect for compelling explanations of why.)
I can hear you hiring managers now, “But I need someone who can be effective now!” Yes, you do. But you don’t need to focus on strictly tools and technology expertise to find just the right person now. Each person’s qualities, preferences, functional skills, and ability to learn domain expertise are more important than a laundry list of technical skills.
1 comment April 13th, 2005