The Talent Delusion: Why Data, Not Intuition, Is the Key to Unlocking Human Potential

An objective approach to inconsistent science of finding talents. Very informative, easy reading. Well researched.

I'm not in HR nor management but did find lots of valuable information in this book on talent. These principles I've used and continue to use to help my two teenage sons to discover and develops their own talents.

Very well written and researched, a must read for anyone involved in the burgeoning talent finding & developing industry. Especially for HR practitioners who are generally lukewarm about academic research on their subject, emulating other professionals – and laypeople in general – in thinking that their intuition and experience are enough to make insightful and accurate observations about people. There is a science to understanding and predicting human behavior, and intuitive judgements about psychology are as subjective, and wrong, as intuitive judgements about quantum physics and organic chemistry. So let's use this science and its embodiment in tools like knack.it.

The consolidation of some existing research is good, as are the suggestions about actions to take. The writing is difficult. Almost every section has a sentence that starts with, "In other words." A good editor could have really helped make this more concise and make it flow better.

Really enjoyed the critical and scientifically grounded perspective provided by Tomas. Plenty of talent misconceptions in the book are well explored, picked apart and exposed for what they really are.

A short and sweet book from a writer that deeply understands the topic. Some great examples and learned a lot about the latest tools and thinking

This is probably the best book on talent I've read.Actual real statistics and evidence to inform talent decisions are a must in the modern self inflated environment we live in.

Intuition is not enough to make accurate observations about talent. This book is a guide on how to ignore ill-founded assumptions when hiring employees and, instead, apply evidence-based principals to measure, predict and manage talent. Brilliant.

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A must read for HR professionals, power of data, science explained in a down right practical manner. HR professionals can apply the principles to enhance engagement and productivity.

Best part is the no nonsense practical approach with the right dose of idealism. Helped me answer some perennial questions...

An intuitive read.