What Moneyball Teaches Us About Finding Undervalued Talent, with Author Michael Lewis

<p>What if the most valuable people in your team are the ones no one’s paying attention to?</p><br><p>Michael Lewis, author of acclaimed sports book <em>Moneyball</em>, <em>The Big Short</em>, and his new book <em>Who Is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service</em> — joins Jake to explore how data can reveal hidden talent, challenge gut instinct, and reshape the way we build teams.</p><br><p>They discuss:</p><ul><li>How <em>Moneyball</em> rewrote the rules on spotting overlooked talent</li><li>Why culture follows winning — not the other way around</li><li>The myth of instinctive leadership in sport and business</li><li>And what Lewis learned from inside the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s takeover of the U.S. civil service</li></ul><p><br></p><p>This conversation will challenge how you think about performance, power, and the people who keep things moving - quietly, and without credit.</p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>