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A review by 10_4tina
The 6 Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.25
Illuminating. Genius. Fascinating.
Concept is 5/5. Book is 2.5/5.
I loved this concept. It unlocked so many of my frustrations with the way my team functions at work. I don't know that it unlocked a ton for me personally, but some and definitely a ton on the types of teams I like working in.
Julia told me about this concept and I was hooked. I devoured this book in a weekend and sparked several conversations about it throughout the next couple weeks. We knew one of my frustrations and one of my geniuses instantly and through reading the book I feel decently sure of my others. I truly can't get enough of this concept.
The book was fine. It honestly felt so similar to Katelyn and I describing how our idea grew. In retrospect, that doesn't make a great book, but it's fine and the concept is so good I'm okay with mediocrity in the book itself. It's still fun to see where the idea came from.
What did I highlight?
Incrementalism:
-Progressive meetings involve stopping to explain a new idea to new people from scratch. This helps the original team to get clear about what they've come up with and even iterate as they present to new people. This also provides a source of fresh, new input.
Committee:
-Hope is not a strategy.
Diagnosis:
-People paying dues is bullshit, especially if it means doing things they're not good at in order to prove that they're worthy of doing what they're great at.
-They hire people to do one job and the ones who are good at it get promoted to different jobs requiring different skills, often they don't do well in their new jobs because they were much better suited for their old jobs. People who would be great at the new jobs never get promoted because they were bad at the old jobs.
Model and Assessment:
-Responsive (respond to external stimulus) vs. Disruptive (initiate and provoke change when they see a need for it even if others aren't calling for it) genius
-Responsive: Wonder (respond to environment to observe to generate questions - they don't set out to change the world, they simply behold it), Discernment (they respond to inventors' ideas and curate what the world puts in front of them), Enablement (they respond to the stated requests of others, most often someone galvanizing for support, ready to provide what is needed even before it has been completely specified or requested but don't initiate support before it is needed)
-Disruptive: Invention (see a problem and come up with a novel solution to deny the status quo, creating useful havoc and add value to a situation), Galvanizing (initiate change by rallying people, recruiting, organizing, and inspiring others, disrupting others to shift prioritizes around what needs to be done), Tenacity (disrupt by identifying obstacles and moving through them, determined to complete a project regardless of what stands in the way)
-I will look for ways to use my strengths in my frustrations (ie: using invention and discernment in enablement to try to help, withering when being asked to do something a certain way)
Wonder is certainly one of my geniuses. Discernment is one of my frustrations. I think Galvanizing is my second genius and Enablement is my second frustration.
This was a fascinating concept I haven't stopped thinking about.
Concept is 5/5. Book is 2.5/5.
I loved this concept. It unlocked so many of my frustrations with the way my team functions at work. I don't know that it unlocked a ton for me personally, but some and definitely a ton on the types of teams I like working in.
Julia told me about this concept and I was hooked. I devoured this book in a weekend and sparked several conversations about it throughout the next couple weeks. We knew one of my frustrations and one of my geniuses instantly and through reading the book I feel decently sure of my others. I truly can't get enough of this concept.
The book was fine. It honestly felt so similar to Katelyn and I describing how our idea grew. In retrospect, that doesn't make a great book, but it's fine and the concept is so good I'm okay with mediocrity in the book itself. It's still fun to see where the idea came from.
What did I highlight?
Incrementalism:
-Progressive meetings involve stopping to explain a new idea to new people from scratch. This helps the original team to get clear about what they've come up with and even iterate as they present to new people. This also provides a source of fresh, new input.
Committee:
-Hope is not a strategy.
Diagnosis:
-People paying dues is bullshit, especially if it means doing things they're not good at in order to prove that they're worthy of doing what they're great at.
-They hire people to do one job and the ones who are good at it get promoted to different jobs requiring different skills, often they don't do well in their new jobs because they were much better suited for their old jobs. People who would be great at the new jobs never get promoted because they were bad at the old jobs.
Model and Assessment:
-Responsive (respond to external stimulus) vs. Disruptive (initiate and provoke change when they see a need for it even if others aren't calling for it) genius
-Responsive: Wonder (respond to environment to observe to generate questions - they don't set out to change the world, they simply behold it), Discernment (they respond to inventors' ideas and curate what the world puts in front of them), Enablement (they respond to the stated requests of others, most often someone galvanizing for support, ready to provide what is needed even before it has been completely specified or requested but don't initiate support before it is needed)
-Disruptive: Invention (see a problem and come up with a novel solution to deny the status quo, creating useful havoc and add value to a situation), Galvanizing (initiate change by rallying people, recruiting, organizing, and inspiring others, disrupting others to shift prioritizes around what needs to be done), Tenacity (disrupt by identifying obstacles and moving through them, determined to complete a project regardless of what stands in the way)
-I will look for ways to use my strengths in my frustrations (ie: using invention and discernment in enablement to try to help, withering when being asked to do something a certain way)
Wonder is certainly one of my geniuses. Discernment is one of my frustrations. I think Galvanizing is my second genius and Enablement is my second frustration.
This was a fascinating concept I haven't stopped thinking about.