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Be a pacifist in the talent war
“I always invest in businesses that can be run by any idiot, because some day, they will be.”
– Warren Buffett
No self-respecting business has ‘employees’ these days, they all have ‘talent’. Apparently, in order to survive, you have to win in the ‘global talent wars’ to attract and retain the very best you can afford.
Actually, your business should be able to survive with the lowest possible talent for each job role.
If your company requires unique, and possibly irreplaceable, individuals to do each job, you have more than a ‘talent’ problem. You also don’t have a business; you have a co-operative.
To grow, a business can’t rely on fluke. It needs a replicable and systematic way of doing things. Anyone ...
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