May 17, 2007

'Harvard Business Review': 'Genius' Awards

Very few people are exceptionally creative, Daniel J. Socolow, director of the MacArthur Fellows Program tells Harvard Business Review (June). "The truth seems to be that the kind of creativity that leads to new things and important breakthroughs is incredibly hard to find."

Mr. Socolow, who runs the program many people call the "genius" prizes — no-strings-attached awards of $500,000 — says it is unrealistic for organizations to think any one group can

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