[robatsu]

I've worked at places that "only hired the best" and such. I think this kind of mantra coming from employers is as much self promotion as it is a statement of policy.

As in, our stuff must be wonderful, we only hire the best.

But really, having a plan that requires that everyone be an Einstein is somewhat limited - a more robust organization is one that can accommodate & make maximum use of what skills an individual has. Obviously this has its limits, but making a condition of success that everyone has to be a potential Nobel Prize winning renaissance man is a bit limiting as well.

One alternative to this is the strategy explained by Lieutenant Keefer in the "The Caine Mutiny": "The Navy is a master plan designed by geniuses for execution by idiots"

If you can set something like that up, you are golden, the supply of idiots being much more plentiful and cheap than geniuses.

[SatvikBeri]

This is exactly it. The initial work in designing your processes should be difficult and require rare skills. Executing those processes should be relatively boring and easy.