The Truth About Being A Career Generalist

08/07/2024 36 min Episodio 13
The Truth About Being A Career Generalist

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Episode Synopsis

In this episode, Kaila and Kyle break down what it is to be a “generalist” (aka a jack of all trades) or a “specialist” in your career, the pros and cons of each, and whether one is truly more advantageous than the other. 

00:00 Open
00:32 Intro
01:34 Kaila and Kyle’s career concerns as a career “generalist”
03:18 Defining a “Generalist” and a “Specialist”
08:40 The pros and cons of being a generalist or a specialist
11:19 Kyle’s “connecting the dots” framework
16:19 The unique place where specialists succeed
21:23 “Wicked” and “Kind” environments
22:18 The wrong way to approach being a generalist
27:18 How the generalist approach can apply to building teams
29:24 Tactics

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