The Harvard experience is that only recruiting geniuses is counter productive because people fail in-role and with nobody dumber than you around, its a big no-no.

Actually, to be less ass-hole like and not completely a-social isn't it worth recognising that talent and input is multi-faceted, and that what you rate as A-star may be somebody else's D-star?

I think this tier of hiring is bullshit: I've hired people far smarter than me, and less smarter than the other guy, and its normal.

Jobs was not god, and was not right all the time, and was horrendously wrong about many things: one button mice and liver cancer to name but two.

What does Woz say about this model?