Organizations Don’t Hire for Capability. They Hire for Legibility.

by Nat Currier 20 min read
LeadershipHiringAIOrganizationsLabor Markets
Organizations Don’t Hire for Capability. They Hire for Legibility.
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Most companies say they hire for capability. In practice, they hire for legibility: recognizable signals that reduce perceived risk. AI is making that mismatch more expensive.

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Nat Currier. "Organizations Don’t Hire for Capability. They Hire for Legibility.." nat.io, 2026-02-24. https://nat.io/blog/organizations-dont-hire-capability-they-hire-legibility

Why organizations optimize for legibility in hiring, why polymaths get filtered out, and why AI makes capability-vs-template mismatch more costly.

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