I’ve purposefully worked with smart-but-low-conscientious people on a few projects because I’ve found they’ll come up with “lazy” but workable solutions for problems I would’ve approached with, “apply more grit.” They also benefited, because I will sometimes course-correct when their “lazy” solution is simply not workable. The result was greater efficiency for both of us. This is merely anecdata, though, and I wonder if this holds up in other cases.
I’ve purposefully worked with smart-but-low-conscientious people on a few projects because I’ve found they’ll come up with “lazy” but workable solutions for problems I would’ve approached with, “apply more grit.” They also benefited, because I will sometimes course-correct when their “lazy” solution is simply not workable. The result was greater efficiency for both of us. This is merely anecdata, though, and I wonder if this holds up in other cases.