A friend recently took a job with a large Wall Street investment banking firm—Goldman Sachs. He was telling me about their hiring and orientation process and I thought I’d share a bit of the story.

Apparently, being hired by Goldman requires as many as 20 interviews. These aren’t “are they capable” interviews. There are only a couple of those at most. These are chemistry interviews. People you will never see again if you get hired (and certainly won’t if you don’t) evaluate the candidates on whether they “fit” the culture of the company. Many capable and high caliber people don’t get a job offer because they don’t fit the culture.

I’m reminded by my own experience of late that there are three critical things to evaluate in a new hire:

#1. Capability: Can they do the job? (You can be fooled here.)

#2. Character: Can they be trusted? (You can be fooled here.)

#3. Chemistry: Is there a sense of “like” between all the parties? Are they “a fit”? (If you get fooled here—and I have—it’s your own fault.) If you are too eager to fill a position your desire will override your good sense and you are likely to make a mistake.

“Never put a comma where God puts a period and never put a period where God puts a comma.”

The resurrection of Jesus Christ turned death into a comma. It’s not the end. It’s a new beginning! Don’t put a period where God puts a comma. Why? Because God is in the resurrection business.

—By Mark Batterson

These are the words of Seth Godin, so good that I wanted to capture them for my team:

People don’t coalesce into active and committed tribes around the status quo.

The only vibrant tribes in our communities are the ones closer the edges, or those trying to make change. The center is large, but it’s not connected.

If you’re trying to build a tribe, a community or a movement, and you want it to be safe and beyond reproach at the same time, you will fail.

Heretical thoughts, delivered in a way that capture the attention of the minority–that’s the path that works.