This had little to do with competence! The team was successful because it grouped together some people who actually enjoyed their job. Individually, they were only slightly better at it than their peers; as a group of "like-minded individuals" (quoted from the article), they spent much more energy collaborating on ways to improve their software testing process.
"Like-minded" is only tangentially related to intelligence or competence or any of the other traits that arrogant people like to ascribe to themselves. It's really about people that have similar priorities and styles and work well together.
This had little to do with competence! The team was successful because it grouped together some people who actually enjoyed their job. Individually, they were only slightly better at it than their peers; as a group of "like-minded individuals" (quoted from the article), they spent much more energy collaborating on ways to improve their software testing process.
"Like-minded" is only tangentially related to intelligence or competence or any of the other traits that arrogant people like to ascribe to themselves. It's really about people that have similar priorities and styles and work well together.