"Toward the end of their book Serial Innovators, [[Abbie Griffin]] and her coauthors depart from stoically sharing their data and observations and offer advice to human resources managers. **They are concerned that HR policies at mature companies have such well-defined, specialized slots for employees that potential serial innovators will look like “round pegs to the square holes” and get screened out.** Their breadth of interests do not neatly fit a rubric. They are “π-shaped people” who dive in and out of multiple specialties. “Look for wide-ranging interests,” they advised. “Look for multiple hobbies and avocations"
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**Tags** — [[quotes]], [[recruitment]], [[career-development]], [[specialisation]], [[polymath]]
**Source** — [[202308101402 — B — Range]]