This "talent mind-set" is the new orthodoxy of American management.
I don't think that the talent mind-set at Enron was a cover story.
But what if Enron failed not in spite of its talent mind-set but because of it?
None, however, have spread the word quite so ardently as McKinsey, and, of all its clients, one firm took the talent mind-set closest to heart.
Success in the modern economy, according to Michaels, Handfield-Jones, and Axelrod, requires "the talent mind-set": the "deep-seated belief that having better talent at all levels is how you outperform your competitors".
You can imagine what the consultants at McKinsey would have concluded: they would have said that the Navy did not have a talent mind-set, that President Roosevelt needed to recruit and promote top performers into key positions in the Atlantic command.
Malcolm Gladwell spotted this early, arguing in the New Yorker in 2002 that it was the corrosive influence of the "war for talent" that was undermining corporations and their ability to do the right things:This "talent mind-set" is the new orthodoxy of American management.
An intensity about staging the perfect talent show, mind.
There is no Polke style, but only a distinctive force of talent and mind.
The Streets was on soon after, and Mike Skinner's razor-sharp performance showcased his Derren Brown-like talent for mind control.
We help players feel more comfortable about working on their game, creating a mindset where you don't just protect your current talent, or mind making mistakes, because that's how you learn.
