Collective intelligence is not tied to either the smartest person on the team nor to the average intelligence of the members of the team. Rather it is something that is greater than any individual contribution or the sum of contributions. It is an emergent property that results from the interactions among the people in the group. What emerges is almost magical: something greater than the sum of its parts. You can call it evolved thinking.
Continue reading... →Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s slash-and-burn approach to public sector unions–imitated by over a dozen Republican governors across the nation–is the political equivalent of slamming women’s labor history into reverse.
Continue reading... →For Leila Janah Charyath, one of the world’s biggest problems is wasted talent, particularly in Africa, where unemployment rates for skilled workers can be above 60%. She has addressed this gap in the workforce by rethinking outsourcing to provide green jobs for women in poverty across the globe.
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