Comments on: Being a generalist http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2008/09/16/being-a-generalist/ Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:12:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || The value of finance teams || June || 2011 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2008/09/16/being-a-generalist/comment-page-1/#comment-388001 Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || The value of finance teams || June || 2011 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:08:53 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/?p=752#comment-388001 [...] vision of what a finance person can be is actually well aligned with the value I think I provide as a generalist, connecting different perspectives and providing new viewpoints based on integrating those [...] [...] vision of what a finance person can be is actually well aligned with the value I think I provide as a generalist, connecting different perspectives and providing new viewpoints based on integrating those [...]

]]> By: Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Planning for surprise || October || 2009 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2008/09/16/being-a-generalist/comment-page-1/#comment-290891 Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Planning for surprise || October || 2009 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:02:53 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/?p=752#comment-290891 [...] unsurprisingly, I think it really helps to have generalists around as they are predisposed to see and understand patterns in disparate worlds. They are more likely to [...] [...] unsurprisingly, I think it really helps to have generalists around as they are predisposed to see and understand patterns in disparate worlds. They are more likely to [...]

]]> By: Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Why am I doing this? || February || 2009 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2008/09/16/being-a-generalist/comment-page-1/#comment-229662 Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Why am I doing this? || February || 2009 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:44:13 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/?p=752#comment-229662 [...] I have the flexibility to do any number of tasks. I aspire to define myself with the meta-work of being a generalist. I want to feel that I am getting to use my unique potential and abilities in the course of doing [...] [...] I have the flexibility to do any number of tasks. I aspire to define myself with the meta-work of being a generalist. I want to feel that I am getting to use my unique potential and abilities in the course of doing [...]

]]> By: Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || The Future of Organizations || December || 2008 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2008/09/16/being-a-generalist/comment-page-1/#comment-190851 Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || The Future of Organizations || December || 2008 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:04:01 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/?p=752#comment-190851 [...] If that is the team size which is most efficient from a social trust perspective, we return to the original question I posed above: how do we facilitate communication and collaboration between such small teams? What are the social and physical technologies we can use to transfer knowledge and expertise so that teams can build off of each others’ work? I don’t know what the answers to these questions are yet. Some people would suggest semantic knowledge management technologies to parse knowledge and distribute it automatically to the right people. Others would suggest quantitative approaches where measuring for the desired results will spur appropriate action. I tend towards humanistic approaches where trained generalists build the bridges between such teams, but I’m slightly biased as that’s one of the roles towards which I strive. [...] [...] If that is the team size which is most efficient from a social trust perspective, we return to the original question I posed above: how do we facilitate communication and collaboration between such small teams? What are the social and physical technologies we can use to transfer knowledge and expertise so that teams can build off of each others’ work? I don’t know what the answers to these questions are yet. Some people would suggest semantic knowledge management technologies to parse knowledge and distribute it automatically to the right people. Others would suggest quantitative approaches where measuring for the desired results will spur appropriate action. I tend towards humanistic approaches where trained generalists build the bridges between such teams, but I’m slightly biased as that’s one of the roles towards which I strive. [...]

]]> By: Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Faking it || September || 2008 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2008/09/16/being-a-generalist/comment-page-1/#comment-174168 Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Faking it || September || 2008 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:20:47 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/?p=752#comment-174168 [...] Being a generalist [...] [...] Being a generalist [...]

]]> By: cjb http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2008/09/16/being-a-generalist/comment-page-1/#comment-174127 cjb Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:18:47 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/?p=752#comment-174127 Eric, I have been lurking around here for quite a while -- and I have to tell you that I relate you with you quite a bit. Having originally come through as a programmer via a math/computer science background, as well as holding down different positions in different industries, I am now the only non-actuary on a team of actuaries doing financial analysis for an insurance company. After looking at the position you are taking, I have to admit it looks like a great opportunity. I will be interested to hear about your experiences at Google. Eric,

I have been lurking around here for quite a while — and I have to tell you that I relate you with you quite a bit. Having originally come through as a programmer via a math/computer science background, as well as holding down different positions in different industries, I am now the only non-actuary on a team of actuaries doing financial analysis for an insurance company.

After looking at the position you are taking, I have to admit it looks like a great opportunity. I will be interested to hear about your experiences at Google.

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