This document discusses the value of generalists over specialists. It argues that generalists who can draw from multiple fields and approaches are more likely to change the world than specialists who focus on perfecting a single area. The document also suggests that companies benefit from encouraging employees to have breadth of experience and differing opinions rather than narrow specialization.

1. THIS PHOTOGRAPH HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH MY
TOPIC, I JUST WANT MY
WIFE AND MUM ON VIDEO.

2. ‘WHAT’ IS RICHARD BRANSON?

3. GENIUS?
DICTATOR?
INVENTOR?
VISIONARY?
BUSINESSMAN?
ENTREPRENEUR?

7. “PEOPLE WHO REACH THE TOP OF THE
TREE ARE ONLY THOSE WHO HAVEN'T
GOT THE QUALIFICATIONS TO DETAIN
THEM AT THE BOTTOM.”

8. EDUCATION IS BECOMING
MORE DEPTH THAN BREADTH.

9. PRODUCTION SINGLE
LINE OF … APPROACH GENIUSES.

11. THE DEFINITION OF MADNESS IS DOING THE SAME THING OVER
AND OVER AGAIN AND EXPECTING A DIFFERENT RESULT.

12. SPECIALISATION
LEADS TO LIMITATION.

13. Once upon a time …

14. PRINTER
FUGITIVE
SCIENTIST
INVENTOR
LIBRARIAN
POLITICIAN
FREEMASON
PHILANTHROPIST
CIVIL RIGHTS CAMPAIGNER

15. PRINTER
FUGITIVE
SCIENTIST
INVENTOR
LIBRARIAN
POLITICIAN
FREEMASON
PHILANTHROPIST
CIVIL RIGHTS CAMPAIGNER

16. GENERALISTS
CHANGE THE WORLD.
[SPECIALISTS TRY TO PERFECT IT]

18. IT’S ABOUT ‘BORROWING’
APPROACHES & BELIEFS.

20. COMPANIES HAVE A MORAL AND
COMMERCIAL OBLIGATION TO
THEIR STAFF AND SHAREHOLDERS
TO ENCOURAGE BREADTH OF
OPINION AND EXPERIENCE.

21. DIFFERENTIATION
IS BECOMING
MORE DIFFICULT.

22. Viva Le
Generalists