RSA Thursday - Talent is Overrated

11th Jun 2009; 13:00

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Why do some people perform so much better than others? Where does great performance – in business, the arts, sports, the professions, or any other field – really come from?

The answers are more important today than ever: in the midst of a brutal recession, the stakes for organizations and for individuals are extremely high. Yet scientific research shows that what most of us believe about great performance is largely wrong.

Geoff Colvin, author of the bestseller Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers From Everybody Else, will visit the RSA to explain the surprising findings about achievement, work, and talent.

With examples that range from Mozart to Tiger Woods, he shows that our performance is much more within our control than most of us realise, and our ability to improve – in any field and at any age – is greater than we tend to believe. He will also describe how widely diverse individuals and organizations are using these insights to improve their performance dramatically in new ways.

Chair: Richard Cree, group editor, Director Magazine

Suggested hashtag for Twitter users: #rsacolvin

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