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# Collective Genius (book)

**Collective Genius** is the major prior work associated with [[entity-linda-a-hill|Linda A. Hill]]'s theory of innovation leadership — the idea that innovation emerges from *managed collaboration* rather than isolated genius [5][10]. It is the most direct adjacent anchor for the extraction's co-creation language and the conceptual foundation for moving from heroic leadership to collaborative innovation.

Do not confuse this **book entity** with the **concept** note [[concept-collective-genius]]; they share a name but the concept describes the phenomenon while this note tracks the source work. *Added from the enrichment overlay's canonical references.*