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Caterina Fake had a great post from her time at FooCamp

Notes from FOO Camp: Getting High Performance out of High Potential People Great weekend at FOO Camp, which is the annual O'Reilly campout, and the original "unconference". I took a lot of notes while I was there, and will post them in batches. The first talk I went to was Getting High Performance out of High Potential People by Keoki Andrus of Intuit. Since I work with a posse of supersmarties this was quite relevant. First we talked a little bit about the characteristics of High Potential People. They tend to be smart, sure, but they also tend to be the kind of people that are incredibly curious, motivated and passionate, who have their own personal projects going, are always thinking and learning -- a lot of FOO Camp attendees, truth be told. I didn't take notes during this part, so don't want to attribute anything to Keoki that he didn't say. But I think you get who these people are. Design and deliver RFMB solutions. RFMB means "Right For My Business" -- obviously in a work situation, you need to figure out what the job at hand is, otherwise everyone will be unhappy. Figure out what work activities turn them on and off. Then for their job, downplay the stuff they hate, or that are their weaknesses, and figure out what they love doing. Make their job mostly about the things they love doing. And figure out what they are solving for not only in their jobs but in their personal lives as well. Listen and Care. Get to know them deeply. Follow them around. Walk them through journey line analysis. Look for activities that "light them up". (There are also many tools to discover this stuff, Keoki says, like Meyer-Briggs, Strengthfinder.com, but nothing can replace gtting to know them. What you're looking for is deeply embedded life interests.