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Brave Hiring: No Guts, No Glory. (0)

7/12/10 •

Last month, five international oil companies were chastised by the US Congress for having near identical spill-response plans. Putting aside questions of negligence and complacency, this tragedy highlights the risk of only hiring from a talent pool with industry-specific experience. Tight-knit industry clusters breed mediocrity. If BP had not used the inadequate industry boilerplate, then perhaps their spill-response may have had more success.