Sometime it becomes difficult to move forward or evolve a new idea, in state of intellectual bankruptcy.
The purpose of the initiative was to encourage a move towards a approach where knowledge and experience can be shared willingly across the team. But poor communication,lack of information and knowledge sharing or inertia against new initiative are acting as impediments.
Intellectual Bankruptcy
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Don't view this as an impediment because Seagulls don't fly from the day one of being born. It always takes time.
Chalte Rahna Jaroori Hai, , Koi to saath ayega kabhi Jise Raaste ki Umanang aur Masti ka ahsaas ho jayega ......
Nahin to koi baat nahin...let's keep walking.
Jodii tor Daak shune keu naa aashe, tobe eklaa cholo re -2
eklaa cholo, eklaa cholo, eklaa cholo, eklaa cholo re
jodi tor Daak shune keu naa aashe, tobe eklaa cholo re - By Ravindranath Tagore
যদি তোর ডাক শুনে কেউ না আসে তবে একলা চলো রে।
Also, I see here scope of starting yet another discussion on subject:
Intellect v/s Intelligence.
What team has to say on this?
To Quote Osho:
"Mind is not your intelligence.
It may sound strange but this is a truth, that mind is not your intelligence. Mind can be intellectual, which is a very poor substitute for intelligence. Intellectuality is mechanical. You can become a great scholar, a great professor, a great philosopher, just playing with words which are all borrowed, arranging and rearranging thoughts, none of which are your own.
The intellect is absolutely bankrupt. It has nothing of its own, all is borrowed. And that´s the difference between intelligence and intellect. Intelligence has an eyesight of its own, a capacity to see into things, into problems.
Intelligence is your born quality."
-Osho
Intelligence (also called intellect) is an umbrella term used to describe a property of the mind that encompasses many related abilities, such as the capacities to reason, to plan, to solve problems, to think abstractly, to comprehend ideas, to use language, and to learn. There are several ways to define intelligence. In some cases, intelligence may include traits such as creativity, personality, character, knowledge, or wisdom. However, most psychologists prefer not to include these traits in the definition of intelligence......(From Wikipedia).
But irrespective of weather you include or not these traits in the definition of intelligence,but intellect has always evolved from these traits.A intellectual person creatively uses existing knowledge and wisdom to create something new.
Every new invention has always been inspired by something which already exist.
Knowledge is also like energy which can neither be created nor destroyed.It only changes its state to form something new.
" Intelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do. "
-Jean Piaget
Interesting Read On:
Definitions:
The definition of intelligence has long been a matter of
controversy.
Intelligence comes from the Latin verb "intellegere", which means
"to understand". By this rationale, intelligence (as understanding) is
arguably different from being "smart" (able to adapt to one's environment), or being "clever" (able to creatively adapt). By the
Latin definition, intelligence arguably has to do with a deeper
Understanding of the relationships of all things around us; and with a capability for metaphysical manipulation of such objects once such understanding is mastered.
At least two major "consensus" definitions of intelligence have been
proposed. First, from Intelligence: Knowns and Unknowns, a report of
a task force convened by the American Psychological Association in
1995:
Individuals differ from one another in their ability to understand
complex ideas, to adapt effectively to the environment, to learn
from experience, to engage in various forms of reasoning, to overcome
obstacles by taking thought. Although these individual differences
can be substantial, they are never entirely consistent: a given person's intellectual performance will vary on different occasions, in
different domains, as judged by different criteria. Concepts of "intelligence" are attempts to clarify and organize this complex set of phenomena. Although considerable clarity has been achieved in some areas, no such conceptualization has yet answered all the important questions and none commands universal assent. Indeed, when two dozen prominent theorists were recently asked to define intelligence, they gave two dozen somewhat different definitions.[1]
A second definition of intelligence comes from "Mainstream Science
On Intelligence", which was signed by 52 intelligence researchers in
1994: a very general mental capability that, among other things, involves the ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly,
comprehend complex ideas, learn quickly and learn from experience. It is not merely book learning, a narrow academic skill, or test-taking smarts. Rather, it reflects a broader and deeper capability for comprehending our surroundings-"catching on", "making sense" of things, or "figuring out" what to do.[2]
Beyond Wiki Definition,Other definitions of Intelligence:
Additionally, many prominent researchers have offered their own
definitions of intelligence:
Carolus Slovinec: "Intelligence is the ability to recognize
connections."
Alfred Binet: "...judgment, otherwise called good sense, practical
sense, initiative, the faculty of adapting one's self to
circumstances...auto-critique."
David Wechsler: "... the aggregate or global capacity of the
Individual to act purposefully, to think rationally, and to deal effectively with his environment."
Cyril Burt: "...innate general cognitive ability."
Howard Gardner: "To my mind, a human intellectual competence must
entail a set of skills of problem solving-enabling the individual to
resolve genuine problems or difficulties that he or she encounters and, when appropriate, to create an effective product-and must also entail the potential for finding or creating problems-and thereby laying the
groundwork for the acquisition of new knowledge."
Linda Gottfredson: "... the ability to deal with cognitive
complexity."
Herrnstein and Murray: "...cognitive ability."
Sternberg and Salter: "...goal-directed adaptive behavior."
John Kotter on Leadership Intelligence: A "keen mind" i.e., strong
analytical ability, good judgment, and the capacity to think
strategically and multi-dimensionally.
D. Samuel Nuessle: "A mind's ability to apply knowledge to a
problem-solving situation."
Additionally, many less prominent researchers in this field of
intelligence that is dominated by Psychologists and Educationalists,
have offered their own definitions of intelligence. They are in the
fields of Mathematics and Engineering but had offered to define
"Intelligence":
Alan Turing: "To respond like a human being"
G.N. Saridis: "The entropy of control responses"[3]
In an educational context, one's intelligence should not be equated
with one's academic performance, or with the volume of knowledge one has acquired through through formal education. A person's ability to
think critically and analytically about his or her knowledge and
experience is more important than command of a large number of facts. Intelligence is not confined to thinking either. Purposeful actions demonstrating appropriate responses to the situation and reasoned application of one's knowledge are evidence of intelligence. It is also important to note that analytic skills only constitute one part of intelligence -- mimesis, synthesis, creative and the ability to find innovative solutions to unfamiliar problems are also important.
There are probably as many definitions of intelligence as there are experts who study it. Simply put, however, intelligence is the ability to learn about, learn from, understand, and interact with one’s environment. This general ability consists of a number of specific abilities, which include these specific abilities:
Adaptability to a new environment or to changes in the current environment
Capacity for knowledge and the ability to acquire it
Capacity for reason and abstract thought
Ability to comprehend relationships
Ability to evaluate and judge
Capacity for original and productive thought
Additional specific abilities might be added to the list, but they would all be abilities allowing a person to learn about, learn from, understand, and interact with the environment. Environment in this definition doesn’t mean the environment of the earth, such as the desert, the mountains, etc., although it can mean that kind of environment. It has a wider meaning that includes a person’s immediate surroundings, including the people around him or her. Environment in this case can also be something as small as a family, the workplace, or a classroom.
So, some High Value real Intellectual thoughts full of borrowed 'GYAN' from myself and two other associates. (This really is pure intellect- all bookish/nettish).
Dose this push the original question a step backwards or not?
Dose the question still exists- is intelligence same as intellect?
Or, what is the difference: "Intellect v/s Intelligence"
I wish to tell a small story:
A lady was trying to open a Tin (container) which she was not able to open. So she went to her personal home library to refer a cookery book on the subject - How to open a Tin?
By the time she returned to kitchen, her cook had opened the Tin.
She asked surprisingly- how did you do that?
Cook replied- Madam when you don't know how to READ, you have no option but to apply your intelligence....
What else you can really do otherwise???
I am enjoying this :-)
Dear Friends,
My sincere request is that let's not ignore what Avishek has expressed in his original post. He is very correct and valid when he expresses what he said.
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