Speaking to a conference hosted by the New Yorker, Malcolm Gladwell speaks to the issue of hiring the right people.  More specifically, he talks about the tools we use to evaluate the future success of candidates and how those tools are often the worst ones to use.  It’s fascinating to see how poorly we evaluate people for future success.

Reinventing Invention: Online Only Video: The New Yorker

What tools do you think we use that are poor indicators of future success?

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