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To be fair, if you're in a situation where you want someone 'thinking outside the box', hiring top experts from that field isn't necessarily the right thing. I
by hueving 11y ago
To be fair, if you're in a situation where you want someone 'thinking outside the box', hiring top experts from that field isn't necessarily the right thing.
If a person sees all of these horse drawn carriages around and wants to figure out a way to get rid of the horse, he/she doesn't turn to people that are experts at attaching horses to carriages.
- flyinglizard 11y agoThat's true, and having people with very strong academic bias (e.g. those who spent their short careers obtaining PhD but don't have any industry experience) can be just as bad. You generally want those PhDs as researchers or advisers to your company, not as founders/management. Obviously, exceptions always exist.