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Latest Commonplace piece is about the difference between exec development and training individual contributors.

Exec Development is a Different Game

When should you train, and when you should throw them into the deep end of the pool?

2:37 AM · Jul 14, 2021Twitter Web App

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This is one of those essays where I'm not 100% sure of the conclusions — I'll have to put it to practice before I can say for certain. But there *does* seem to be a tension between 'handholding' ICs, and 'throwing execs into the deep end', and it seems productive to investigate.

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One thing that I'm actively chewing over: perhaps 'throwing people into the deep end' is simply a pedagogical thing, but for high potential hires.

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Oh, before I forget: hat tip to

for writing the best deep dive on Barry Diller I've read. Part one is here: neckar.substack.com/p/barry-diller Part two, members only, is here:

neckar.substack.com

Barry Diller’s System of Discovery, Debate, and Development. Part II.

Diller’s business has always been to bet on ideas. I explore his system for discovering and developing ideas and people through debate and testing.

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The screenshot that matters in that second piece is this one: (And this isn't even 10% of the content that

dug up on Diller. Seriously, subscribe to him. His work is that good).

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