There's a saying most commonly attributed to Steve Jobs that goes "focus is saying no to good ideas". This week's Commoncog piece is a reflection on the implications of that saying:
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Great essay – I particularly liked the "single-threaded leader" bit.
MrBeast talked about this recently in this interview – hiring people immediately for specialty, not as generalists
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In the bit before the timestamp they discuss why in a little more detail.
Seems like MrBeast figured that out quite early.
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This seems to be a reference but I first heard about it from Colette Stallbaumer at the Charter Workplace Summit.
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