Bill Gates has recently added fuel to the fire in the generalist versus specialist debate. In December 2020, Gates recommended Range: Why Generalists Triumph in Specialized World by David Epstein ...

While specialists can bring a deep understanding of a particular area of expertise, generalists can have a broader perspective and the ability to adapt to a range of tasks and responsibilities.

Although a management generalist doesn't typically have the level of knowledge in any one area that a functional specialist does, the generalist's basic knowledge of a wide variety of subjects ...

And one of the biggest will be whether to hire a generalist or specialist agency. Let’s start by defining our terms: a generalist marketing agency is one that handles all kinds of marketing.

New research highlights the importance of classifying pests as specialists or generalists. The researchers compared two approaches and found that the specialist-generalist continuum is the most ...

A generalist is someone who is fairly good at performing a broad range of jobs, whereas a specialist is very skilled in one particular type of work. For example, a handyman vs. an electrician.