Hire for silence, not showboating

technique — attributed to J.B. Miller

Miller asks candidates about their reading habits, how they track a global story, and what kind of silence makes them nervous. The job is to walk into a room of C-suite, ultra-high-net-worth, political, and artistic guests — and know when not to speak.

Empire's producer training reads like an MBA in operational excellence: escalation flowcharts, cultural fluency, spatial energy design, and permission to abandon the script.

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