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Published · transcript-backedAdam Ward: belief
9 Aug 2026 Lenny's Podcast The playbook for building high-talent-density teams | Adam Ward, Head of Talent at Cursor
“Correct. And I think that makes it incredibly frustrating, imagine for my team, because you're like, "Oh, what's the...”
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- 9 Aug 2026
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- Lenny's Podcast
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…The way Brie described this in her piece is that you treat hiring as... the atomic unit of hiring as the person, not the job spec and not the role. Correct. And I think that makes it incredibly frustrating, imagine for my team, because you're like, "Oh, what's the... " And you're like, "Well..." It's almost like a decision tree. It could go many different ways based off of this conversation. But when you are not caught into the numbers game, it feels a little bit less scary when you're really focused on how do we get that person here versus are they the right person for that job? And because they're on this list, they're innately very popular and in demand. Is there anything else that works for getting them excited to talk and interested other than soft, the warm intro, things you've shared?…
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