Fri Aug 24, 2012, 08:22 AM

Business people intelligence is overrated

I have been in business for many years and one thing that I have noticed is how overrated the intelligence is. The people who were the smartest in my h.s. went into different fields. Typically in tests they do not score that well and they usually can't write very well. They succeed in business and then get this cocky attitude.
Lawyers and Doctors and most people in the arts are significantly smarter.

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Business people intelligence is overrated (Original post)	wilt the stilt	Aug 2012	OP
Tell me about it. The Peter Principle and nepotism get people to the top, not imagination	no_hypocrisy	Aug 2012	#1
In a corporation, the closer you are to the top the less work you do	Taverner	Aug 2012	#2
Depends on how you define "intelligence"	kctim	Aug 2012	#3
sheer brainpower	wilt the stilt	Aug 2012	#5
Scores do not measure intelligence	kctim	Aug 2012	#7
I was just talking to a friend about this	wilt the stilt	Aug 2012	#8
Well, like most such things, this has already been measured.	dmallind	Aug 2012	#4
so many places i've worked were running on inertia, the ones in charge were just clueless...	KG	Aug 2012	#6

Response to wilt the stilt (Original post)

Fri Aug 24, 2012, 08:24 AM

no_hypocrisy (41,837 posts)

1. Tell me about it. The Peter Principle and nepotism get people to the top, not imagination

and smarts.

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Response to wilt the stilt (Original post)

Fri Aug 24, 2012, 08:25 AM

Taverner (55,476 posts)

2. In a corporation, the closer you are to the top the less work you do

Plain and simple

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Response to wilt the stilt (Original post)

Fri Aug 24, 2012, 08:31 AM

kctim (3,575 posts)

3. Depends on how you define "intelligence"

'Test smarts' and 'life smarts' are two very different things.

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Fri Aug 24, 2012, 08:36 AM

wilt the stilt (4,528 posts)

5. sheer brainpower

business people are shrewd and many times ruthless but when it comes to pure intelligence they are not that smart. Whenever you hear the term "business is business" you know someone is getting screwed. This is the term that insulates them from any morality.

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Response to wilt the stilt (Reply #5)

Fri Aug 24, 2012, 09:45 AM

kctim (3,575 posts)

7. Scores do not measure intelligence

How you apply that brain power is what measures ones intelligence, not books or tests.

A "genius" who runs a failed business or starves in the woods is no more intelligent than the successful business person or the person who can survive in the woods.

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Response to kctim (Reply #7)

Fri Aug 24, 2012, 11:20 AM

wilt the stilt (4,528 posts)

8. I was just talking to a friend about this

and he is a lawyer who no longer practices and graduated from Villanova. His take for sheer brain power it is people who can master the physical sciences and that some lawyers are very smart but in reality it is an archaic language and that there is no "law" and that the law changes. However mastery of the physical sciences is sheer brain power. I tend to agree.

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Response to wilt the stilt (Original post)

Fri Aug 24, 2012, 08:32 AM

dmallind (10,437 posts)

4. Well, like most such things, this has already been measured.

http://www.aceintelligence.com/interesting_iq_questions.php#question3

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Response to wilt the stilt (Original post)

Fri Aug 24, 2012, 08:40 AM

KG (28,728 posts)

6. so many places i've worked were running on inertia, the ones in charge were just clueless...

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