I feel this is particularly relevant: http://www.bobbemer.com/DAVINCI.HTM

>One of the brighter students (by the name of L. da Vinci) was immediately promoted to the manager of the project, putting him in charge of procuring paints, canvases, and brushes for the rest of the organization.

Everyone, except businesses (it seems), knows that technical skill != management skill, and the best workers will not necessarily be even good managers. But such knowledge is so rarely followed.