Comments on: T-Shaped People vs Generalists http://blog.franktrindade.com/2009/03/03/t-shaped-people-vs-generalists/ Agile, software and some non-sense Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:41:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: T-Shaped People vs Generalists | Agile bSoftware Development/b « topsoft.us http://blog.franktrindade.com/2009/03/03/t-shaped-people-vs-generalists/comment-page-1/#comment-360 T-Shaped People vs Generalists | Agile bSoftware Development/b « topsoft.us Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:03:08 +0000 http://blog.franktrindade.com/?p=209#comment-360 [...] the rest here: T-Shaped People vs Generalists | Agile bSoftware Development/b Share and [...] [...] the rest here: T-Shaped People vs Generalists | Agile bSoftware Development/b Share and [...]

]]> By: jchyip http://blog.franktrindade.com/2009/03/03/t-shaped-people-vs-generalists/comment-page-1/#comment-358 jchyip Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:49:31 +0000 http://blog.franktrindade.com/?p=209#comment-358 The first time I encountered the phrase "T-Shaped people" was in the context of IDEO described in The Ten Faces of Innovation. Toyota Culture or Toyota Talent, can't remember uses this phrase too. I'm pretty sure we were talking about the concept before Scott Ambler wrote that article but "generalising specialist" was a pretty good way to describe it. I usually prefer T-shaped these days. The first time I encountered the phrase “T-Shaped people” was in the context of IDEO described in The Ten Faces of Innovation. Toyota Culture or Toyota Talent, can’t remember uses this phrase too.

I’m pretty sure we were talking about the concept before Scott Ambler wrote that article but “generalising specialist” was a pretty good way to describe it. I usually prefer T-shaped these days.

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