Malcolm Gladwell at the BC Finance Conference 2023

Malcolm Gladwell, bestselling author and host of the Revisionist History podcast, presented the Dorothy Margaret Rose Knight keynote speech titled "The Problem with Meritocracy" at the 16th annual Finance Conference on Friday, May 12, 2023.
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[@asadfami7623]

Malcolm Gladwell starts at 14:37

[@Regular.Biceps]

Thanks man 😂

[@naftalibendavid]

Wow! Looks as if those who get more attention, training, and resources relative to the folks around them take on some kind of optimistic approach to whatever they do…

[@PatHaskell]

Malcolm starts at 14:45.

[@StepanApsion]

1:11:26 Malcolm’s idea to create Elementary school classes by birth month is a great idea- This needs to happen.

[@maxheadrom3088]

My mom used to teach music to very small children and everytime she talked about some kid who was smarter than the others or about some other one who used to be slow and had suddenly got quicker I asked her about their birthdays and there always was a difference in months. To divide by month would be hard but by semester is possible and also teachers should be aware of it - I asked so much about their birthdays that from some point onward my mom would already tell me.

[@wallstreetwarrior100]

What a learned from business school was mostly worthless compared to what I learned building a business. Rodney Daingerfield summed it up best in the movie Back to School. You better know how to hold a conversation, build relationships, and most importantly, think in ways that no one else does.

[@brendafromslowerlowerdelaw8540]

I have a differing opinion from the previous commentator. I graduated from UMass in 1978 and while BC was my first choice in 1974, I was female, didn’t play hockey, working class high school did not offer gifted and talented classes, and it was well beyond my ability to afford the college. I was born in February however. Not sure where the meritocracy fits in there.

[@jimaguilar4028]

When people talk statistically, they are not speaking in absolutes.

[@paulhue86]

Philanthropy as donations to business schools? My blood is boiling.

[@hypernation8298]

Fuh-nance

[@paulhue86]

Very disturbing that business in general and finance in particular is any university’s largest major. Such a subject does not even belong at a university, much less warrant a PhD. Good lord, we are sinking fast.

[@wlaffin99]

now its protest encampment skills 101 that's being taught/learned on campus... oh much better than finance