Arthur,
I read your message with interest. You said that IQ had no place in an LO. And, I'd
agree if the LO was not a competitive business.
Right now I work for Novell and we're in tough competition with Microsoft. One of the
major reasons why Microsoft is so competitive is because they hire extremely
intelligent people. Bill Gate's sums it up this way, "we hire the smartest people, and
then let them do their thing."
Novell has traditionally hired people with good resumes. There's been very little
consideration for the native intelligence of the applicant. As a result we spent an
enormous amount of time trying to train people who just simply can't adapt to the
complex environment they find themselves in. The result is we're getting crushed by
Microsoft.
In business, I think intelligence, as measured by an IQ test, is absolutely critical. .
.especially in a knowledge-based business such as the computer industry.
I'll drop the topic on the list, because I respect your feelings, but I have no choice but
to believe that the intelligence of the people within an organization will largely
determine how quickly the organization _can_ learn.
Ben
--Ben Compton <BCOMPTON@novell.com>
Learning-org -- An Internet Dialog on Learning Organizations For info: <rkarash@karash.com> -or- <http://world.std.com/~lo/>