Posted Dec 12, 2010 04:39AM UTC by Henrik AhlenImportant thoughts! We have the same prlebom here in Sweden with employers looking for people to fill pre-defined, narrow slots and not encouraging their employees to engage in anything outside their "slots". I think this is caused by a mix of old, stubborn tradition and the safety factor. Managers feel safer if they recruit someone that is a lighter replica of themselves and it is easier to control defined "cogs" than hybrids that have all sorts of ideas.But smart managers realize this and hire hybrid thinkers in order to create a culture that encourages everybody to contribute all of their ideas.As Steve Jobs so elegantly expressed it back in 1983: "A-people hire A-people. B-people hire C-people. Get it?"

Well I guess I don't have to spend the wekeend figuring this one out!