Communication Quote by Patrick Lencioni

Paradoxically, the best way for a group to be smart is for each person in it to think and act as independently as possible.

— James Surowiecki

For a crowd to be smart, the people in it need to be not only diverse in their perspectives but also, relatively speaking, independent…

— James Surowiecki

Groups are only smart when there is a balance between the information that everyone in the group shares and the information that each of…

— James Surowiecki

I've been fortunate to meet and work with a lot of really smart people. The thing that strikes me most about them is how…

— Bill Russell

Smart people are no different than anyone else. Sometimes they exercise bad judgment, like we all do.

— Judy Smith

The smartest groups, then, are made up of people with diverse perspectives who are able to stay independent of each other.

— James Surowiecki

Smart people focus on the right things.

— Jensen Huang

Smart is knowing if you're dumb. Knowing when to shut up and to listen to people that are smarter than you.

— Chris Rock

The problem is that groups are only smart when the people in them are as independent as possible. This is the paradox of the…

— James Surowiecki

Under the right circumstances, groups are remarkably smart - smarter even sometimes than the smartest people in them.

— James Surowiecki

We often say that someone has exceptional political or social savvy, but what specific cognitive skills allow these people to handle interpersonal situations so…

— Justin Menkes

I have surrounded myself with very smart people.

— Dolly Parton