Gary Klein

CM 135: David Epstein On Generalists Over Specialists

May 27, 2019 Curious Minds podcast 01:09:15 Comments Off on CM 135: David Epstein On Generalists Over Specialists

Can we achieve greater success in life by choosing to generalize rather than to specialize? If you want to be the best at something, the story goes something like this: Begin as early as you can. Focus on nothing else. And practice as if your life depends on it. It’s the story we associate with…

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CM 119: Chris Clearfield on Preventing Meltdowns

December 1, 2018 Curious Minds podcast 00:48:00 Comments Off on CM 119: Chris Clearfield on Preventing Meltdowns

Disastrous events take place all the time, but could many be prevented? For example, could discount retailer, Target, have spared thousands of people their jobs rather than close 58 of its Canadian stores? Could the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe have been avoided? Chris Clearfield, co-author with Andras Tilcsik of the book, Meltdown: Why Our Systems Fail…

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