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All Hail the Generalist

Harvard Business Review

In the six decades since Berlin's essay was published, hedgehogs have come to dominate academia, medicine, finance, law, and many other professional domains. In more straightforward language, a man with a hammer is more likely to see nails than one without a hammer. at all, only in some de facto way."

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Case Study: When Two Leaders on the Senior Team Hate Each Other

Harvard Business Review

The feedback in the 360-degree reviews was supposed to be anonymous. Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. Later that afternoon, at the end of a regular meeting with the finance team, Lance asked Damon to stay behind.