These statements, quoted by the Wall Street Journal, created a lively debate in business circles, leading mostly to the conclusion: you cannot have one without the other. Claudio Fernandez-Araoz, a senior partner with the global search firm Egon Zehnder, believes that talentism might just be the wrong word, suggesting the notion ‘potential‘ instead and predicting a new era ”where managers will hire workers based on how curious, insightful, engaged and determined they are.” The business daily agrees: ”In capitalism companies acquired capital in order to acquire talent. In the coming age of talentism the model flips: firms will acquire talent to acquire capital.“