{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcollective-cafe-to-go.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fsuperbosses-live-read-and-discussion-zbsVPg0m","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Superbosses LIVE Read and Discussion","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/6623e76f-93e5-4ec1-8b0c-20fa30b28adb/9d558e07-e82f-4772-9532-09555756d2aa/12e69b.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"\"Episode\" 4 of our week-daily virtual coffee, which takes place in Alpha Collective's discord server: discord.gg/alphacollective from 8-9am EST. It's free and open to anyone from anywhere in the world.\nAs it's Thursday (and during the month of January), we're reading Superbosses by Sydney Finkelstein. Special props, flowers and shout out to Bez AKA @agentBzR who recommended the book and runs the session.\nTo note: Chat from today's episode can be found in cafe-chat channel in the discord and contains very links discussed\nShow notes based on our discussion (as per Otter.ai's beta tool):\nHow can such a hiring process possibly work? It goes against everything corporate recruiters know. 7:14\nSuperbosses make their own rules 11:29\nSupervisors don’t want just a candidate who has the skills they want to enable them to reach new heights, they want someone who has 19:16\nIf you are the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room. 23:30\nHow supervisors often look for specialists who can only do one thing they want. 29:25\nWhat are your thoughts on how superbosses hire differently? 35:04\nRalph Lauren’s contribution to American culture. 39:20\nThe concept of the “specialized generalist” 45:21\nBeing a super boss doesn’t mean it’s a walk. 50:20\nIs all this hard-charging whip cracking perfectionism ultimately counterproductive? 55:26\nThe business model of having a creator coin 1h01\nAbout Alpha Collective: \nAlpha Collective is a premium community built around Content, Collaboration and Community that helps its members partner and win at the \"Business of Web3.\"\nBenefits of full membership includes: access to 52 Alpha Talks across 52 consecutive weeks (see list of Speakers on alphacollective.xyz), IRL events, Masterminds, Workshops, Networking opportunities and the ability join the Collective Cafe stage at any time and/or start your own coffee. Find out more and mint your pass at alphacollective.xyz or mint.alphacollective.xyz (limited edition First Customer Passes are still available) \nThere is also an entry level pass, with limited access, which you can purchase for around $5: https://opensea.io/collection/alphacollectiveentry"}