<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Open contribution can reveal intelligence that... > Open contribution can reveal intelligence that conventional credentialing fails to see. Empathy, synthesis, timing, humor, care, local knowledge, and the ability to make difficult truth usable are forms of genius even when no institution has issued them a title. **Source:** [[livestreams/Open-Source Thought Leadership and the Power of a Sentence - Workbook|Open-Source Thought Leadership and the Power of a Sentence]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Open contribution can reveal intelligence that conventional credentialing fails to see. Empathy, synthesis, timing, humor, care, local knowledge, and the ability to make difficult truth usable are forms of genius even when no institution has issued them a title.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-open-contribution-reveal-institution-issued-title ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->