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The A Player
Many stories have a lone person, who is unknown but eventually becomes a hero due to his years of toiling and getting success. We like to think of this ‘heroic’ feat as something done exclusively by the hero.
The role of the team, the other people that are not in the frame is often overlooked. Any important achievement cannot be done alone, and if we look closely, a person is a product of the education system, society, environment, luck, the internet and a lot more.
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The Leader With A Team
The job of a leader is to get the right team, which according to an estimate provides three times more output than an average team.
The work of a leader isn’t as simple as hiring the best talent, and merely putting smart people together as a team is not an effective strategy.
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Individual Intelligence Vs Group Intelligence
Any combination of individual intelligence does not make an intelligent group, no matter how logical it sounds on paper.
The ‘A’ Players, the cream of individual intelligence, bring in drive, integrity and the ability to mentor, but all of which is not possible without the collective effort of other players of the team, who are not A players.
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“Technological progress requires above all tolerance toward the unfamiliar and the eccentric.”
Joel Mokyr
What society needs to be technologically creative
- A social infrastructure: society needs a supply of creative innovators who are willing and able to challenge their physical environment in order to better themselves.
- Social incentives: there need to be incentives in place to encourage innovation.
- Social attitude: a creative society has to be diverse and tolerant. People must be open to new ideas and individuals.
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“Invention occurs at the level of the individual, and we should address the factors that determine individual creativity. Individuals, however, do not live in a vacuum. What makes them implement, improve and adapt new technologies, or just devise small improvements in the way they carry out their daily work depends on the institutions and the attitudes around them.”
Being Smart Is Not Enough
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The Geniuses and The Social Butterflies
Geniuses: An organization filled with genius-level workforce won’t have people learning from each other, turning into an anti-social organization full of isolated, lonely performers.
Butterflies: Socially adept workers pollinate good ideas and spread innovation around, even ideas that may not be concrete, brilliant or easily visible. This makes the butterflies an essential part of the pollination of information in the organization, creating a healthier, more productive environment.