As another designer who's passionate about football, this story resonated with me a lot. 100% with you on that there is so much parallel between the tech/business world and the football world. When you have a unique hybrid personnel who can play both safety and linebacker, instead of boxing them to a specific definition, you want to build a team around a complementary scheme that brings the best version of them as well as the team to maximize the potential and output. Looking forward to reading more football writings in the future!
Football's monster man as staff-level IC
As another designer who's passionate about football, this story resonated with me a lot. 100% with you on that there is so much parallel between the tech/business world and the football world. When you have a unique hybrid personnel who can play both safety and linebacker, instead of boxing them to a specific definition, you want to build a team around a complementary scheme that brings the best version of them as well as the team to maximize the potential and output. Looking forward to reading more football writings in the future!
Great article! Reminds me of a book by Fred Koffman, “the meaning revolution”.