Tag Archives: Malcolm Gladwell

by | December 8, 2008

Barriers To Entry and Innovation

Malcolm Gladwell revisits the mismatch problem in the New Yorker.  (Only now he calls it “The Quarterback Problem”).  Whatever.  The main thing you need to know is that for many professions, there are gates and gatekeepers.  The gatekeepers use the … Continue reading →

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by | November 13, 2008

Gladwell on Capitalization Rates

Another riveting talk from Gladwell on unexploited potential.

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by | October 17, 2008

The Mismatch Problem Corroborated

His new book Outliers isn’t out for another month, but today Malcolm Gladwell might justly bask in that warm glow arising from confirmation bias. The mismatch problem, you’ll recall, is that we have no idea what we’re doing when we … Continue reading →

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by | September 5, 2008

Gladwell’s Mismatch Problem

Malcom Gladwell has a thought-provoking video up, this time on something he calls the mismatch problem. In a nutshell, we think we know how to measure talent. The problem is that we have no idea what we’re doing. Our measurements … Continue reading →

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