General Seminar N°16 will be a discussion of that curious creative character who never seems to be able to find a place to sit but provides uniquely unanticipated and unexpected insights, results, ways of seeing and action.
General Seminar 16 is a discussion as to what it is to be a Generalist and reflect on how they bring immense value to functional teams of Specialists.
Below are some readings in and around the idea of The Generalist. More conversation on the topic can be found in the 🧢generalists-club channel of the Near Future Laboratory Discord server.
- Book: Range: While Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
- Podcast: #035 Michael Garfield - The Purpose of Polymaths by On The Edge
- Twitter Thread; “Being a generalist” is harder than it sounds."
- Podcast N°15 — What is it to be a Generalist? with Patrick Tanguay by Near Future Laboratory Podcast
- Article: An intriguing text about being a contrarian, not necessarily a generalist, but there are interesting bits about what it means to hold non-standard beliefs:
- Article: ((Might be a bit vainglorious to consider that this (Chris Dixon) post is also describing the generalist, but it felt like me and I consider myself a generalist in that pursuing weird hobbies/stuff on the weekends (or anytime nowadays, tbh) that others might look at sideways and wonder 'what the heck's he doing??')) . cdixon | What the smartest people do on the weekend is what everyone else will do during the week in ten years
- Article: Opinion | Imagination Is More Important Than You Think - The New York Times
- Article: Creative Generalist: What Specifically Do Generalists Do?