Lone Genius

There's a phrase given in innovations that says, "collective input is always better than the lone genius". It's a true statement, but I don't believe we've done justice to why this has so much purpose and potential.

First glance of this would lead you to catch the idea that a group of people has a better ability to solve a problem, develop a product, or achieve an objective... all better than one person, no matter how smart that one person might be. Yes, it's true. For the most part a team will always be better to deliver a higher quality product due to variety of giftings, insights, strengths, and perspectives.

But here is where the real value is.. in team, not solution. I believe that if you have a team that is completely sold on an idea that they feel complete ownership of, that idea or product might even be less quality than some other product, but since it was developed, owners, and birthed by this team it will have a greater chance of success.

Sure, at the end of the day we have to create products that are beneficial, creative, innovative, profitable, functional, and most certainly meeting the needs of people. But there's a higher ethic and concern here for team development. I believe in the long run it's good team development that will always succeed in the product that exists in the market place.

People are always our greatest treasure, this is why its imperative to have the right team. The right team can accomplish anything.