Team Building Reid Hoffman is hiring explicit learners. Billionaire entrepreneur and investor, Reid Hoffman notes that in Silicon Valley intelligence is both abundant and coveted. In his personal quest to discover a person's smarts and abilities he looks first for whether or not constant improvement and continual learning is in their DNA. He notices that truly breakout performers "place an unusually high emphasis on improving their capabilities and performance over time. They’re infinitely curious individuals who always want to read one more book on a subject, conduct one more experiment or test, and ask one more question. Coupled with this facet of their personality, they also have an extremely well-developed ability to share the knowledge they acquire with others. They’re 'explicit learners'." Article: Those Who Teach, Can Do