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e4c3383c | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @8599d6ab 

In education, the Hedgehog concept — as presented in James Collins superb book, “Good to Great” — has been embraced.

But there's nuance. My read of it is that ambitious up-and-comers are well-advised to build a hedgehog strength. However, the senior staffers who work in team to run a school district tend to be generalists. They aren't polymaths who are superior at everything but instead tend to be superior in 1 or 2 areas while also being *very* strong in many/most other areas.
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Nicole Rust | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @4ff6cf7b 
Fascinating. Thanks!

https://www.jimcollins.com/concepts/the-hedgehog-concept.html
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16fe8447 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @8599d6ab in another context  we've been discussing about the types of volunteers. some volunteers devote a fixed amount of time and learn new skills by focusing on a few tasks. These would be the hedgehogs. Some volunteers (who I call as curious beings) devote a lot of time and learn a little bit of almost everything at the org. These would be the foxes. In this process though sometimes some of them end up specializing in a few things -- so they would be in the category of the senior staffers that @4ff6cf7b mentioned.