Comments on: Homophily and hiring http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2006/10/homophily-and-hiring/ Info, comments and musings on company culture, communications and employee hiring, motivation and retention Fri, 25 May 2012 08:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: How To Build A High Performance Agile Team http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2006/10/homophily-and-hiring/comment-page-1/#comment-56074 How To Build A High Performance Agile Team Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:55:07 +0000 http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/?p=249#comment-56074 [...] homophily, it’s been around forever and it’s an attitude I run into frequently when it comes to hiring, although it’s rarely intentional. It’s a word you should learn just so you can avoid it. [...] [...] homophily, it’s been around forever and it’s an attitude I run into frequently when it comes to hiring, although it’s rarely intentional. It’s a word you should learn just so you can avoid it. [...]

]]> By: MAPping Company Success http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2006/10/homophily-and-hiring/comment-page-1/#comment-55550 MAPping Company Success Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:11:51 +0000 http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/?p=249#comment-55550 [...] homophily, it’s been around forever and it’s an attitude I run into frequently when it comes to hiring, although it’s rarely intentional. It’s a word you should learn just so you can avoid [...] [...] homophily, it’s been around forever and it’s an attitude I run into frequently when it comes to hiring, although it’s rarely intentional. It’s a word you should learn just so you can avoid [...]

]]> By: MAPping Company Success http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2006/10/homophily-and-hiring/comment-page-1/#comment-55549 MAPping Company Success Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:54:56 +0000 http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/?p=249#comment-55549 [...] Hire all the same types, most often “people like me;” [...] [...] Hire all the same types, most often “people like me;” [...]

]]> By: Ducks In A Row: More On Creating A Culture Of Innovation http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2006/10/homophily-and-hiring/comment-page-1/#comment-52798 Ducks In A Row: More On Creating A Culture Of Innovation Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:32:31 +0000 http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/?p=249#comment-52798 [...] Hire all the same types, most often “people like me;” [...] [...] Hire all the same types, most often “people like me;” [...]

]]> By: Hiring Creativity http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2006/10/homophily-and-hiring/comment-page-1/#comment-52532 Hiring Creativity Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:31:56 +0000 http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/?p=249#comment-52532 [...] homophily, it’s been around forever and it’s an attitude I run into frequently when it comes to hiring, although it’s rarely intentional. It’s a word you should learn just so you can avoid [...] [...] homophily, it’s been around forever and it’s an attitude I run into frequently when it comes to hiring, although it’s rarely intentional. It’s a word you should learn just so you can avoid [...]

]]> By: MAPping Company Success http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2006/10/homophily-and-hiring/comment-page-1/#comment-52224 MAPping Company Success Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:06:32 +0000 http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/?p=249#comment-52224 [...] homophily— [...] [...] homophily— [...]

]]> By: MAPping Company Success http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2006/10/homophily-and-hiring/comment-page-1/#comment-47448 MAPping Company Success Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:25:01 +0000 http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/?p=249#comment-47448 [...] tend to hire in their comfort zone, but more and more that refers to how people think, rather than how they [...] [...] tend to hire in their comfort zone, but more and more that refers to how people think, rather than how they [...]

]]> By: MAPping Company Success http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2006/10/homophily-and-hiring/comment-page-1/#comment-20179 MAPping Company Success Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:51:34 +0000 http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/?p=249#comment-20179 [...] Hire all the same types, most often “people like me;” [...] [...] Hire all the same types, most often “people like me;” [...]

]]> By: MAPping Company Success http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2006/10/homophily-and-hiring/comment-page-1/#comment-7364 MAPping Company Success Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:53:50 +0000 http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/?p=249#comment-7364 [...] Mental homogeny is the bastion of lazy managers (it’s self-propagating, too, since managers frequently hire in their own image)—lazy, because it takes little talent and less effort to manage a homogenous group. [...] [...] Mental homogeny is the bastion of lazy managers (it’s self-propagating, too, since managers frequently hire in their own image)—lazy, because it takes little talent and less effort to manage a homogenous group. [...]

]]> By: Miki http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2006/10/homophily-and-hiring/comment-page-1/#comment-4574 Miki Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:15:43 +0000 http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/?p=249#comment-4574 The word was new to me, too. Actually, I like my term better, PLM (people like me); and we all know that PLM (as you pointed out) = understanding, empathy, and boredom. Interestingly, in the course of my life, I've found most of my real friends are not PLMs, possibly because we could never take each other for granted and had to really LISTEN to keep the friendship. The word was new to me, too. Actually, I like my term better, PLM (people like me); and we all know that PLM (as you pointed out) = understanding, empathy, and boredom.

Interestingly, in the course of my life, I’ve found most of my real friends are not PLMs, possibly because we could never take each other for granted and had to really LISTEN to keep the friendship.

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