Acland Brierty has a great post on his blog about the difference between talent vs. skills & experience. He does a demonstration that I think hammers home why it’s so important to get talented people rather than the ones with the most skills, experience, or the fancy degrees.

My favorite quote:

Just yesterday I met a marketing lady for a large public company who ridiculed blogging as a marketing concept and pointed out that she had 10 years experience and had never heard of blogging… I pointed out that maybe she had just one year experience in marketing and had done it 10 times. My point was her degree and experience doesn’t necessarily mean she has a talent for marketing.

Classic.