[ Fox / Hedgehog ]

There’s a 1953 essay by Isaiah Berlin, based on an ancient Greek idea: “a fox knows many things, but a hedgehog knows one big thing”. 

The 1953 essay applies this to writers and creatives, dividing them by those who see the world though a single defining idea, versus seeing many experiences and considering the world more complex than a single idea.

I thought this might help categorise businesses, and perhaps knowledge workers too.  We should be hedgehogs for the most part (single focus solutions).  But no, recognising the complex is essential too.  So, maybe this parable doesn’t apply after all.