Archive for August, 2006

On being a generalist

Friday, August 18th, 2006

There’s a seduction to being an expert, an assumption in society that credibility relies on deep (and narrow) expertise. However, for people operating at the edges, interesections, and overlaps where innovation thrives, being a generalist is far more powerful. Reading Frank Herbert’s Dune Messiah on vacation, I came across this quote, describing mentats (people able […]