Intelligence and LO LO9586

John Zavacki (jzavacki@epix.net)
Thu, 29 Aug 1996 05:56:07 -0400

Replying to LO9541 --

Hal Steinbeigle <hals@unm.edu> said:

SNIP
> Elsewhere on this thread someone mentioned 120 as a minimum IQ for an
ideal
> LO employee. This seems impracticle and dangerous. The underclass
> would no longer be defined by race, sex, or religion, but by intellect.
> Are there enough high IQ people out there to keep a large organization
> going?
>
> I believe that the promise of the LO, is that it can create of average
> intellects a community of learners. Why can't a low or average IQ person

> have a passion for learning or value mentoring? Remember, "In Search of
> Excellence," defined a successful organization as one that achieved
> extraordinary results with ordinary people. I believe that is still
true.

In an organization that practices team learning, there is a measurable
difference in productivity, observable differences in attitude, sense of
self-worth, contribution, etc. Some of it may be the results of the 120 IQ
people on the group, some of it the group's effect on the IQ people. All of
it the interactive intelligence which generates not only new knowledge, but
new communities of mind. In my experience, the IQ of the group is
irrelevant. There are high ones and low ones. IQ does not mean critical
thinking skills, communications ability, mentoring, or learning skills.

Hal's belief agrees with my own, as well as my experience.

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