That reminds me. At Amazon there was a concept called "raising the bar" that was applied during interviews and promotions. The idea was that you should only hir

That reminds me. At Amazon there was a concept called "raising the bar" that was applied during interviews and promotions. The idea was that you should only hire or promote people with the capacity to do the job better than 50% of the people already doing it. I often wondered how sustainable that was. Will be interesting to see if they keep that strategy long-term.