The Secret To Finding Great Talent - Tyler Cowen - #482
Tyler Cowen is the Holbert L. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason University, a columnist, podcaster and an author. Finding and recruiting the best talent is perhaps the most important job that an organisation has. Skilful, enthusiastic, keen...
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Summary
Tyler Cowen is the Holbert L. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason University, a columnist, podcaster and an author.
Finding and recruiting the best talent is perhaps the most important job that an organisation has. Skilful, enthusiastic, keen staff can make or break a business, so why is it that most companies are mostly useless when it comes to discovering talent?
Expect to learn whether population collapse is coming very soon, whether talent is innate or developed, why there is a crisis of talent when we have more people on earth than ever before, whether you should look at someone's parents before hiring them, the best questions to ask in an interview, what SpaceX's hiring strategy teaches us about thoroughness, how Tyler screens young staff for the most original thinkers and much more...
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(00:26) Is Population Collapse a Problem?
(04:26) Why the Recruitment Process is Wrong
(08:32) Defining and Finding Talent
(15:13) Measuring Ambition
(23:37) Is Talent Genetic?
(27:39) Improving the Education System
(31:55) Influence of Parents & Attributes
(38:49) Thinking Like an Athlete
(47:08) How to Source Talent
(57:22) When Are Charisma & Confidence Important?
(1:01:31) Where to Find Tyler
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