Jeff has been kind enough to both ask me to contribute to TuSK, and also to write about me. Before I tusk some people, I thought it would be useful to categorize what makes them "talents u should know".
I suspect most of the tusk-worthy people I know don't quite fit Jeff's criterion of being buried in large corporations. In my Davos days I met lots of corporate folk, but almost by definition if they are coming to Davos they aren't buried. I do, however, regularly encounter wonderful thinkers who the world should know more about, and that's what I'll be concentrating on in my tuskings.
I won't include people I have a current business relationship with through my venture Q Network. I think that would be against the spirit of Jeff's concept, since I benefit very directly as people use the talent in Q's global network of thought leaders. The people I write about, however, share the quality we look for in Q: they have the kind of deep insight that makes them particularly valuable to thoughtful executives.
I write having just read Jeff's cautions about smarts. I understand his caveat: "Smart people typically jump to conclusions without enough information and can be so sure of their conclusions that they foreclose future exploration." Maybe the distinction is that the people I am thinking about aren't just smart, they are wise.
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