He's been clear about this for years: the metric that matters isn't identity, it's mindset. When hiring for his own projects, he learned that aligning on fundamental philosophical orientation, especially a spiritual outlook on life, made all the difference. It wasn't about controlling belief systems. It was about working with people who could hold complexity, think beyond materialism, and approach the work with depth. Diverse backgrounds and interests matter. But shared philosophical ground creates cohesion that surface-level diversity metrics never will. He saw it improve everything when he made that shift.
This isn't a dismissal of other considerations. It's a statement about what actually moves a team forward when the work requires vision, patience, and the ability to think across timescales most people ignore. Want to go deeper into the principles that guide this kind of work?
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