One of the better hiring advice I got while working at a consulting company was to consider hiring a person for a skill or personality trait that does not yet e

One of the better hiring advice I got while working at a consulting company was to consider hiring a person for a skill or personality trait that does not yet exist within the company. If in doubt whether to hire or not, the existence of such skill/trait would move the decision towards hiring. This way the overall capabilities and knowledge power of the organisation would increase over time - either by hiring top talent or by hiring candidates for their uniqueness.