"An early effort at defining general intelligence in groups suggests that individual brainpower contributes little to collective smarts.
"Instead, it’s social awareness — the ability to pick up on emotional cues in others — that seems to determine how smart a group can be."
Very interesting. I wonder if that's because the folks with lots of brainpower but little in the way of social awareness aren't as good at kicking the ball around, so to speak - allowing improvements suggested by other team members, letting the conversation flow according to strengths, and accepting and being inspired by even off-the-wall suggestions.
Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/09/collective-smarts/
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