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I also insist that those making reference calls ask—usually toward the end of the call, when the candidate’s reference is comfortable—“Would you say this person is in the top 50 percent of folks you’ve worked with?” If they say yes, ask, “Top 20 percent? Ten percent? Five percent?” It’s easy to be positive on a reference call, but 99 percent of the time, people will be honest and accurate when asked for data. If someone only says the candidate is in the top 20 percent of folks they’ve worked with, that’s not a ringing reference.
Scaling People
Claire Hughes Johnson
So bringing the Jevons Paradox up to date for flying cars means that travel will become cheaper measured in time, rather than coal, yet the result is the same: There will be more travel.
Where Is My Flying Car?
J. Storrs Hall
Historically, of course, the networks were straitjacketed by their sponsors. Cablers and streamers allowed creative freedom that the networks could not, putting the networks at a severe disadvantage. Says Greenblatt, “Every broadcaster is grappling with how to compete with the streaming experience when broadcast television with commercials is the last thing anybody wants to watch.”36 While the going is slow, some network shows have acknowledged that streaming presents an existential threat and have given creatives more room.
Pandora's Box
Peter Biskind
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