{"id":695,"date":"2009-10-15T18:02:16","date_gmt":"2009-10-15T16:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/?p=695"},"modified":"2009-10-15T18:03:27","modified_gmt":"2009-10-15T16:03:27","slug":"extending-a-metaphor-going-from-the-t-shaped-person-to-the-brush-shaped-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/extending-a-metaphor-going-from-the-t-shaped-person-to-the-brush-shaped-being\/","title":{"rendered":"Extending A Metaphor &#8212; Going From The &#8216;T-Shaped Person&#8217; To &#8216;The Brush-Shaped Being&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bright people know stuff. And they generally interact with other<br \/>\npeople who know stuff. Our knowledge fields are &#8216;T-Shaped&#8217;. And our<br \/>\ninteractions are generally pretty narrow, taking place along the<br \/>\nnarrow shaft of our specialisation, or the low penetration of our<br \/>\ngeneral interests.<\/p>\n<p>What if we were to embrace a more extended metaphor that allows us to<br \/>\nbe at home with powerful innovation? What if we could use our bristly<br \/>\npersonalities to become drivers of innovation? Are you ready to<br \/>\ndeclare yourself a &#8216;The Brush-Shaped Being&#8217;?<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font:14px Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;display:block;margin:12px 0 3px 0;text-decoration:underline;\" title=\"The Brush-Shaped Being\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/royblumenthal\/the-brushshaped-being\">The Brush-Shaped Being<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"__ss_2231140\" style=\"width: 425px; text-align: left;\"><object style=\"margin:0px\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/static.slidesharecdn.com\/swf\/ssplayer2.swf?doc=thebrush-shapedbeing-091015090012-phpapp02&amp;rel=0&amp;stripped_title=the-brushshaped-being\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial; font-size: 11px;\">View more <a style=\"text-decoration:underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/\">documents<\/a> from <a style=\"text-decoration:underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/royblumenthal\">Roy Blumenthal<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m delivering a talk to a bunch of MENSA folk this evening. This is my presentation, as shared on SlideShare.<\/p>\n<p>Please feel free to make use of it as you see fit. It&#8217;s released under a Creative Commons &#8216;Attribution, Share-Alike&#8217; license.<\/p>\n<p><em>I apologise for the way SlideShare has removed the formating from my notes. I believe in white space and paragraph breaks. And for some reason, the conversion process from Open Office Impress to SlideShare ripped out all the carriage returns. I&#8217;ll see what I can do about it.<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bright people know stuff. And they generally interact with other people who know stuff. Our knowledge fields are &#8216;T-Shaped&#8217;. 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