Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World
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- Create Date：2022-04-09 08:51:47
- Update Date：2025-09-07
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- Author：Tyler Cowen
- ISBN：1250275814
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Summary
The art and science of talent search: how to spot， assess， woo， and retain highly talented people。
How do you find talent with a creative spark？ To what extent can you predict human creativity， or is human creativity something irreducible before our eyes， perhaps to be spotted or glimpsed by intuition， but unique each time it appears？
Obsessed with these questions， renowned economist Tyler Cowen and venture capitalist and entrepreneur Daniel Gross set out to study the art and science of finding talent at the highest level: the people with the creativity， drive， and insight to transform an organization and make everyone around them better。
Cowen and Gross guide the reader through the major scientific research areas relevant for talent search， including how to conduct an interview， how much to weight intelligence， how to judge personality and match personality traits to jobs， how to evaluate talent in online interactions such as Zoom calls， why talented women are still undervalued and how to spot them， how to understand the special talents in people who have disabilities or supposed disabilities， and how to use delegated scouts to find talent。 Talent appreciation is an art， but it is an art you can improve through study and experience。
Identifying underrated， brilliant individuals is one of the simplest ways to give yourself an organizational edge， and this is the book that will show you how to do that。 Talent is both for people searching for talent and for those who wish to be searched for， found， and discovered。
How do you find talent with a creative spark？ To what extent can you predict human creativity， or is human creativity something irreducible before our eyes， perhaps to be spotted or glimpsed by intuition， but unique each time it appears？
Obsessed with these questions， renowned economist Tyler Cowen and venture capitalist and entrepreneur Daniel Gross set out to study the art and science of finding talent at the highest level: the people with the creativity， drive， and insight to transform an organization and make everyone around them better。
Cowen and Gross guide the reader through the major scientific research areas relevant for talent search， including how to conduct an interview， how much to weight intelligence， how to judge personality and match personality traits to jobs， how to evaluate talent in online interactions such as Zoom calls， why talented women are still undervalued and how to spot them， how to understand the special talents in people who have disabilities or supposed disabilities， and how to use delegated scouts to find talent。 Talent appreciation is an art， but it is an art you can improve through study and experience。
Identifying underrated， brilliant individuals is one of the simplest ways to give yourself an organizational edge， and this is the book that will show you how to do that。 Talent is both for people searching for talent and for those who wish to be searched for， found， and discovered。
Reviews
Chris Boutté
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I was highly skeptical of this book， but after reading it， I legitimately think it needs to be mandatory reading for anyone involved in hiring。 Tyler Cowen and Daniel Gross wrote a book that is about as close to perfect as you can get destroying conventional wisdom about hiring。 As someone who has been lower-middle-class my whole life， but I work my ass off， I’ve always hated the mindless process of how applications and interviews go。 Too often employers won’t even consider you if you don’t chec I was highly skeptical of this book， but after reading it， I legitimately think it needs to be mandatory reading for anyone involved in hiring。 Tyler Cowen and Daniel Gross wrote a book that is about as close to perfect as you can get destroying conventional wisdom about hiring。 As someone who has been lower-middle-class my whole life， but I work my ass off， I’ve always hated the mindless process of how applications and interviews go。 Too often employers won’t even consider you if you don’t check certain boxes on an application， but Cowen and Gross are looking to change that。 The book dives into so many different nuances about hiring people and finding the right people。 Because people are complex， and there’s much more under the surface （Crazy， right？！）。 Cowen and Gross give tips for better interviews and what to look for in candidates as well as identifying potential。 They also dive into various pros and cons of different personalities and even have a section about interviewing online or over the phone。By far， the best parts of this book are toward the end when they discuss hiring people with “disabilities”。 The authors hate even using the word “disability” because they recognize that people with different brains excel in certain areas。 They mainly dive into people on the autism spectrum， but they also touch on some other mental “illnesses” like bipolar disorder and schizophrenia。 As a recovering drug addict who has been diagnosed with depression and anxiety， I’ve been a huge advocate for mental health and try to educate people about this as well。 So， I’m glad they took the time to dive into this as well as a chapter on women， minorities， and the biases that play into the hiring process。If I had a gun to my head and had to give a criticism， it’s one that I have with most books when the target audience is the corporate world; it’s mainly anecdotal evidence。 It’s not bad anecdotal evidence， and they actually touch on more studies than most books in this realm， but I wish there were more。 They could probably do a completely different book really diving into the research mentioned throughout the book。So， if you’re a hiring manager， recruiter， work in HR， or are even hiring freelancers， get this book。 So many people need to read this book， and I really hope it gets a ton of attention so we can shift the hiring culture to provide more people with great opportunities。 。。。more
Sasha
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