Comments on: Critical review of Linchpin by Seth Godin

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By: Mark McGuinness

Mark McGuinness — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:12:45 +0000

He doesn't say exceptional skill has nothing to do with being an artist. You're muddying the waters by mixing up several terms here – skill, artist, outlier, linchpin. I don't think it's that complicated.

The basic point is that a Linchpin is someone who becomes indispensable because they bring more to their work than is specified in the contract. He lists several ways you can do this, including knowledge, skills, creativity and handling complexity. I don't find it too difficult to conceive of different types of Linchpin who are indispensable in different ways.
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By: Duff McDuffee

Duff McDuffee — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:45:35 +0000

What's most disturbing to me about this is the "nonconformity" Newspeak with Big Brother making sure no opinions are expressed that go against the party line. After my comment was held, I checked Amazon's reviews for Godin's books and found to my surprise that the "most helpful" reviews are rated 1, 2, or 3 stars and had most of the same criticisms (and tone) of my comment.

By: Scott Webb

Scott Webb — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:09:17 +0000

Nothing really about the Linchpin, but I am always amazed to hear about the way people like Chris G. tend to not portray accurate pictures online. I went to see if your comment was up now but yea, still nothing and saw that the comments were closed off on the same day?

I was annoyed once when there was a post about the business forum being a big success and it was all rainbows and sunshine. I went to make a comment about it but the comments were closed for that topic. Essentially it was what lead me to write a massive negative review.

I'd have to agree with the original point here though…how indispensable is Linchpin? I mean I've only read a quarter of the book since it came out. It's sitting on my floor.
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By: @ericnormand

@ericnormand — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:22:35 +0000

He's basically saying you either have to be the best (follow the traditional model of excellence) or become what he calls a Linchpin. My recent post Life and what to expect from it

By: @ericnormand

@ericnormand — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:01:14 +0000

I wish I still had my copy of the book so I could point out the passage, but I put that statement in there because he himself states that Linchpins are Linchpins not because of their exceptional skill but because of their ability to be artists. He contrasts the traditional view of the exceptional artist with the idea of the Linchpin. Traditionally, the exceptional artist is an outlier. The Linchpin is different because he is exceptional at some orthogonal skill, such as connecting people or leading people. Even the passage you have quoted says that you don't need to be an outlier to be a Linchpin. The best at something is the uninteresting case, because only one person per world can be that and because that is the traditional view of exceptional people. The interesting case is case #1, where you have to develop those extra skills. This is what is innovative about the book. My recent post Life and what to expect from it