Career Hedge Long-term Technology 
N2Growth Blog
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Every organization has unique dynamics and strategic goals, from investment banks to hedge funds and private equity firms. Armed with this knowledge, they meticulously search for candidates with the necessary technical skills and experience that align with the company’s culture and long-term vision.
The Horizons Tracker
JUNE 8, 2022
When we talk of entrepreneurs there is a tendency to think in terms of Hernan Cortes, the famous Spanish explorer who burned his ships upon landing in Mexico in order to convince his men that there was no turning back. Hedging bets. Research from the University of Southern California suggests this is a misguided opinion, however.
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Strategy Driven
MAY 25, 2011
Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers. But as long as you are fair, as long as you do what you say consistently, you will still be trusted.
Strategy Driven
MAY 25, 2011
Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers. But as long as you are fair, as long as you do what you say consistently, you will still be trusted.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 23, 2017
To pursue this issue, I picked a new research setting where the reward system is highly constrained — and so is the career ladder. Only if you stick with the effort through a long enough time frame can you expect the returns to become positive. Many people and companies start the investment, but quit before seeing the returns.
The Horizons Tracker
JANUARY 5, 2023
In The Technology Trap, Oxford academic Carl Benedikt Frey argues that mobility is a valuable hedge against the rise of automation as it allows people to move to where jobs exist should their livelihoods be disrupted. Obviously, there are various barriers to such mobility, such as housing and transport scarcity. No barrier.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 21, 2014
Okay, that sounds better — in a later conversation he termed it “cognitive throughput.” And my “signature score” of 61, Halfteck wrote, means I’m “in the top 40% in terms of employability in professional/knowledge jobs.” Maybe Halfteck would have gotten that hedge fund job, and never started a company.
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