Job Joss #1: How Not To Treat Your Genius
Once upon a time, I worked at some regional sales office in a not so distant land. They made me take a timed IQ test before they hired me, and when they checked my answers, the big boss was deeply and genuinely impressed. He sliced his hand in the air above his head and said with a noticeable undercurrent of excitement, “You scored really, really high, and I mean really, REALLY high!” He even used the word “genius” in the…