[MrKurtHaeusler]

I stopped reading when I realised it was an ad for snake oil, but lots of people feel like Drew at work. And they are all justified, even when working together. Drew IS the smartest guy at his job, when it comes to the things he cares about. The trick is, most of his co-workers are also smarter than everyone else, when it comes to the things they care about and specialise in.

People come to me at work all the time frustrated about something. "Sometimes I am the only one who has any idea about X and is actively trying to push it at this company". And they are right. When it comes to X, they are far too clever for the company. But when it comes to Y and Z they are just like everyone else, except for the guy that really gives a shit about Y and knows its the most important thing the company should be concentrating on, and the guy that really gives a shit about Z and knows that its the most important thing the company should be focussing on.

We are all in our own little bubbles and have trouble considering that fact that maybe we aren't so smart after all. We just need to start seeing things from other peoples perspectives. Maybe X, Y AND Z are important so why not recognise how clever other people actually are work together. Those people that can manage to realise that they aren't in fact the only one who cares, and get past their egos and manage to work with others and connect all those important things are the true people who are clever enough to work anywhere.

Edit: So yeah, this smart clever things isn't really such a black and white dichotomy. Pretty much all of us are clever at some thing, yet utterly stupid at most things, that is just how things are. That is why we need to work together to get anything done.