http://www.kottke.org/08/05/gladwell-on-the-mismatch-problem http://www.kottke.org/08/05/gladwell-on-the-mismatch-problem "One subject in Outliers is what Glad

http://www.kottke.org/08/05/gladwell-on-the-mismatch-problem http://www.kottke.org/08/05/gladwell-on-the-mismatch-problem "One subject in Outliers is what Gladwell calls the "mismatch problem," which refers to his idea that the qualifications which people look for/companies require in candidates when hiring often do not necessarily have any correlation to successful job performance - and often leads to poor hiring decisions." He's also written on the problems in scouting athletes & picking teachers in the New Yorker.