Gamma Radiation: The Incredible Hulk As a Model for Personal Growth | by Shyam Sankar | Medium
If I’ve learned one thing from observing great individuals (and great companies), it’s that greatness is inherently asymmetric. If that sounds dangerous, it is. Any scholar of counterterrorism or cyber war will tell you that asymmetric threats require asymmetric countermeasures, but more fundamentally, they require asymmetric people. When forming a team, I don’t want to assemble a polite roster of cross-functional professionals. I want the X-Men: a medley of mutants united for good. The Incredible Hulk, in particular, embodies the growth model I’ve come to believe is necessary for achieving greatness. For those of you who were popular in junior high school, the Hulk began as the mild-mannered, though brilliant physicist Bruce Banner, and was transformed into the Hulk after exposure to gamma radiations from a nuclear explosion. From then on, Bruce Banner would morph into the Hulk during times of extreme stress or exigency. While the Hulk’s ability to retain Banner’s intelligence evolved
Gamma Radiation: The Incredible Hulk As a Model for Personal Growth Shyam Sankar 4 min read · Nov 21, 2015 -- Listen Share If I’ve learned one thing from observing great individuals (and great companies), it’s that greatness is inherently asymmetric. If that sounds dangerous, it is. Any scholar of counterterrorism or cyber war will tell you that asymmetric threats require asymmetric countermeasures, but more fundamentally, they require asymmetric people. When forming a team, I don’t want to assemble a polite roster of cross-functional professionals. I want the X-Men: a medley of mutants united
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