The artistic director of the National Theatre of Scotland, Laurie Sansom, this summer warned that England faced the possibility of a "talent drain" to Scotland because of a more welcoming climate.
This saw Rangers reverse the flow of talent drain from Scotland and sign players of the calibre of Brian Laudrup and Paul Gasgcoine.
It is another cabinet resignation nonetheless, and Hutton's exit continues the ministerial talent drain at the centre of government.
This talent drain has affected both of the Street's critical classes: traders have flocked to hedge funds and bankers to private equity firms, boutiques and hedge funds.
But it's not totally stopping the talent drain, as another Director of Engineering has left.
Last week, my colleague Colleen Taylor brought attention to some of the talent drain at Groupon, noting specifically how the whip-smart founders of recently-acquired Adku all left within months.
With more than 150,000 reservists and members of the National Guard already called up, and tens of thousands more expected to be, many small companies, as well as departments of big corporations, are staring at the prospect of a talent drain.
Yet out of that talent drain comes invention.
Others say there has been too much of a talent drain with players leaving early for the N.B.A.
"If there's going to be no operations, everyone's going to leave".This talent drain is a worrying aspect of a much bigger change.
