{"id":6426,"date":"2017-04-19T08:55:44","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T14:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=6426"},"modified":"2017-04-19T08:55:44","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T14:55:44","slug":"worth-sharing-collaboration-creates-mediocrity-not-excellence-according-to-science-inc-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2017\/04\/19\/worth-sharing-collaboration-creates-mediocrity-not-excellence-according-to-science-inc-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Worth Sharing: &#8216;Collaboration&#8217; Creates Mediocrity, Not Excellence, According to Science | Inc.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>Boy, can I relate to this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A recent study published in Applied Psychology has now confirmed that a collaborative work environment can make top performers&#8211;the innovators and hard-workers&#8211;feel miserable and socially isolated.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is that rather than seeing a top performer as a role models, mediocre employees tend to see them as threats, either to their own position in the company or to their own feelings of self-worth.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than improving their own performance, mediocre employees socially isolate top performers, spread nasty rumors about them, and either sabotage, or attempt to steal credit for, the top performers&#8217; work. As the study put it: &#8220;Cooperative contexts proved socially disadvantageous for high performers.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/geoffrey-james\/collaboration-creates-mediocrity-not-excellence-according-to-science.html\">&#8216;Collaboration&#8217; Creates Mediocrity, Not Excellence, According to Science | Inc.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-6426'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(6426);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(6426);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(6426);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Boy, can I relate to this: A recent study published in Applied Psychology has now confirmed that a collaborative work environment can make top performers&#8211;the innovators and hard-workers&#8211;feel miserable and socially isolated. The problem is that rather than seeing a &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2017\/04\/19\/worth-sharing-collaboration-creates-mediocrity-not-excellence-according-to-science-inc-com\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,369],"tags":[388,394,15],"class_list":["post-6426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academia","category-higher-education","tag-academia","tag-bullying-mobbing","tag-higher-education"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-1FE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7821,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2026\/03\/25\/on-learning-through-playful-experiences\/","url_meta":{"origin":6426,"position":0},"title":"On Learning Through Playful Experiences","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"March 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a podcast interview I did recently. https:\/\/www.universityxp.com\/podcast\/160 In this episode of Experience Points, serious games expert Katrin Becker explores why \u201cgood enough\u201d may be more powerful than perfection in gamified learning. 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