In a classic study of highly accomplished architects, the most creative ones graduated with a B average. Their straight-A counterparts were so determined to be right that they often failed to take the risk of rethinking the orthodoxy. A similar pattern emerged in a study of students who graduated at the top of their class. Valedictorians arent likely to be the futures visionaries, education researcher Karen Arnold explains. They typically settle into the system instead of shaking it up.

Think Again by Adam M Grant