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The Impact of Covid-19 on Talent and Linear Thinking
12:04 - 18:23 (06:18)
Covid-19 had a disparate impact on individuals with talent in developing countries versus those without talent in developed countries. The pandemic provided opportunities for talented individuals through multiple distribution channels while simultaneously highlighting the limitations of linear thinking.
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Covid-19 has collapsed the boundaries of time, space and geography, allowing the prejudices against remote working and hiring outside one's geographic location to evaporate.
12:04 - 13:36 (01:31)
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Covid-19 has collapsed the boundaries of time, space and geography, allowing the prejudices against remote working and hiring outside one's geographic location to evaporate. This has opened up a vast pool of untapped talent, offering businesses an unprecedented opportunity to promote diversity and create value through the heterogeneity of thought.
ChapterThe Impact of Covid-19 on Talent and Linear Thinking
Episode#326 - Jim O'Shaughnessy - Surviving The Great Reshuffle
PodcastModern Wisdom
The speaker highlights three things for success in the modern world, including leveraging multiple distribution platforms, selling different courses, and embracing a non-linear thought process.
13:36 - 15:39 (02:03)
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The speaker highlights three things for success in the modern world, including leveraging multiple distribution platforms, selling different courses, and embracing a non-linear thought process. He also talks about hiring a trustworthy team for desired outcomes.
ChapterThe Impact of Covid-19 on Talent and Linear Thinking
Episode#326 - Jim O'Shaughnessy - Surviving The Great Reshuffle
PodcastModern Wisdom
Covid forced a world reset that erased prior prejudices and kicked us into the digital age five to ten years before we would have fully arrived.
15:39 - 16:55 (01:16)
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Covid forced a world reset that erased prior prejudices and kicked us into the digital age five to ten years before we would have fully arrived. It has been the best thing to happen to talented people in the developing world and the worst thing to happen to talentless people in the developed world.
ChapterThe Impact of Covid-19 on Talent and Linear Thinking
Episode#326 - Jim O'Shaughnessy - Surviving The Great Reshuffle
PodcastModern Wisdom
This episode discusses the term "conceptual inertia" with Thomas Moynihan, author of the history of existential risk, highlighting how history changes quickly, but the substrate and society lag behind slowly, creating a bottleneck forcing the extraneous to go.
16:55 - 18:23 (01:27)
Summary
This episode discusses the term "conceptual inertia" with Thomas Moynihan, author of the history of existential risk, highlighting how history changes quickly, but the substrate and society lag behind slowly, creating a bottleneck forcing the extraneous to go.