There’s nothing as exhilarating as a genuinely new idea. So where do great ideas come from? The traditional answer is that big ideas come from big brains: The eccentric genius (think Sir Richard Branson), or the visionary CEO (think Apple’s Steve Jobs). In this model, the boss does the thinking and the employees do the work. If you are in charge, you are, by definition, “the smartest person in the room”.
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