The Arithmetic of Cooperation:
When you’re adding up committees
There’s a useful rule of thumb:
That talents make a difference,
And follies make a sum.
Piet Hein
[Does this remind you of banking regulation committees?–Joe]
The View From North Central Idaho
Ramblings on explosives, guns, politics, and sex by a redneck Idaho farm boy who became a software engineer living near Seattle.
“And we all know the saying, which is true as well as witty, that a camel is a horse which was designed by a committee.”
Alan Sherman
How do you determine the collective IQ of a committee?
Take the lowest IQ of the committee members, and divide by the number of people in the committee.