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The Myth of the Myth of the Lone Genius
Optimal creativity doesn’t happen in complete isolation. Breakthroughs almost always involve a collaborative component.
Ozan Varol • Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life
Edwin said that there's no such thing as group originality or group creativity. He goes, "I do believe wholeheartedly in the individual capacity for greatness." And he says, "Originality are attributes of a single mind, not a group."
Patrick O'Shaughnessy • Passion & Pain
Since then, some forty years of research has reached the same startling conclusion. Studies have shown that performance gets worse as group size increases: groups of nine generate fewer and poorer ideas compared to groups of six, which do worse than groups of four. The “evidence from science suggests that business people must be insane to use brain
... See moreSusan Cain • Quiet
The first myth is that individuals start companies. While