Who: The A Method for Hiring

Geoff Smart

A practical book about treating hiring as a process you can design, not an act of intuition.

One framing I liked is that any work needs three things: the right person, the right method, and the right tools. It is easy to over-focus on the method or the tools, especially when we are unsure what good looks like.

But sometimes the better move is to find the person who has been there before.

If you want to build a good garden, buying the best tools or following a random framework will not replace someone who understands the soil, the season, what to plant, and when to step back.

Hiring is similar. The right person often helps define the method and choose the tools, not just execute a plan someone else guessed at.