When hiring a team, we tend to favor the geniuses who hatch innovative ideas, but overlook the butterflies, the crucial ones who share and implement them. Here’s why it’s important to be both smart AND social. *** In business, it’s never enough to have a great idea. For any innovation to be successful, it has…

Being Smart is Not Enough — Farnam Street

I was going to write an entry entitled “Juxtaposition” featuring two posts that somehow showed up together in my feed. This one is way more useful…and less funny. I’ve found that COVID-19’s reduction of my own and others’ physical presence in the office has reduced my motivation to get out of my office and connect with others. Luckily one of my employees just suggested a virtual taco and tequila or tapwater Tuesday.