Ideas will be communicated more rapidly and refined better, proponents say, and the informal collaborative tools will make it easier to identify the smartest talent that contributes the most.
A corporation is little more than a giant group; social-science research, then, may suggest that corporate success has less to do with attracting the smartest talent than with getting people together in the right arrangements.
Our competitive advantage depends on leveraging all of our smartest talent, male or female.
Silicon Valley has the dreams of young and old people thinking about the future and science fiction, the money of the most profitable businesses in the world, the intelligence of the smartest talent concentrating in its borders, and some of the most sophisticated PR savvy worldwide.
It's also an implicit denial that an African-American can have the right stuff -- the smarts, talent and ability to excel in any arena.
His show leaves the impression of a smart, dexterous talent still seeking its true métier.
I thought of all the "smart, local talent" in my networks and couldn't help but say, "Well you know people tend to hire people within their networks.
"If companies had to publish gender statistics in a visible way, I think we'd see much more change, because the smart female talent would naturally gravitate towards these companies, forcing others to also take action.
(Chinen) Kermit Driscoll Quartet (Saturday) The bassist Kermit Driscoll recently released his long-overdue debut as a leader: "Reveille," on the Nineteen-Eight label, with his longtime colleague Bill Frisell on guitar and a smart younger talent, Kris Davis, on piano.
