Know a little bit more about the task at hand. I was thinking, while listening to the ATP podcast (#392). They talked in the after show about, how to learn to drive a car with stick shift.

It’s an important thing I believe and it should be applied to anything in life, really. Because I do have the feeling, that even it is so often used, “think outside the box”, it’s very seldom implemented. It is important to stay curious with everything in life you do, even the simple things, like breathing.

We do need a way more generalists.
People, let me call them “Connectors” between the several subject areas. Because, very often the specialists are loosing their ability to talk to others outside their realm and missing part of the big picture, that they may will have an impact on.

I do think too, it is often an ego driven issue that prevents very smart people to do their best work. Because it is keeping them from the opportunity to involve a whole team in the process, to make it even more worthwhile for all mankind.