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Getting Smarter about Google's "Brain Drain"

Harvard Business Review

"What if Enron failed not in spite of its talent mind-set but because of it?" That's why, over the long term, it's just so hard to hold on to your top talent--because it's so hard to maintain the quality of your in-the-trenches leadership, especially in a fast-growth environment. What if smart people are overrated?".