I agree with Alex's conclusion: "expanding access to educational opportunity isn’t just the fair and right thing to do, but also essential if we are going to find solutions for the most important problems facing our planet." To identify solutions to these pressing problems we need great teamwork. But, again, in most of the teams I see in organizations people with power and status define the problems and direct the conversation. This wastes valuable experience and talent. It doesn't happen in the highest-performing teams I've studied. They understand that every person has genius inside them. So they value the ideas everyone brings, which allows them to do a superior job of *defining* and solving problems. Great teams create norms that draw-out the genius of everyone in the room.
What would you think is the most important predictor of scientific brilliance? 🤔 A recent study shows that over 75% of Nobel laureates in the sciences came from the top 5% families in terms of income. The average Nobel Prize winner grew up in an 87th percentile household. This suggests that most scientific talent is drawn from a very small elite group. Imagine how much untapped potential is out there—people with brilliant minds but fewer resources. Also telling, Female laureates tend to come from even more elite families (91st percentile), suggesting additional barriers that family resources help mitigate. For me, the conclusion is clear: expanding access to educational opportunity isn’t just the fair and right thing to do, but also essential if we are going to find solutions for the most important problems facing our planet.
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1moAgreed! Ensuring our teachers are equipped with the time, tools and systems allowing them to tap into the unique genius of every student is paramount! In addition, businesses who become employee owned help generate wealth for all employees, providing more choice for accessing education of all kinds at all ages. I'm excited to be partnering with leadership teams of employee owned companies, accelerating healthy cultures so the people thrive and the business excels! #education #ESOP #Generatewealth #employeeownership #orghealth #healthyculture #educationequity #smartandhealthy #thrivingemployees #thrivingbusiness #thrivingcommunities