Cognitive Surplus Gone Bad at San Diego State

By Michelle Malay Carter on May 13, 2008 

drugs.jpgI guess the demands of the college life and fraternity membership aren’t enough to keep all students occupied.

High cognitive capacity + Character issues = Trouble

Undercover agents busted 128 suspected drug dealers at San Diego State University last week.

Even Criminals Use Work Levels
During the investigation, agents posing as students found their way to Fraternity Row. There, they discovered six Theta Chi Fraternity members operating a sophisticated drug business, with younger “apprentice” members accompanying older members to drug deals in order to learn how the business was run, authorities say.

One informant told prosecutors that profits from drug sales were plowed back into the fraternity’s operating budget.

The ringleader? A 19-year-old.

Had he not been caught, he was likely headed for the C-Suite. With a good attorney and some electronic identity cleansing, he may still make it there in 10 or 20 years.

Filed Under High Potential, Personal Observation, Requisite Organization, Work Levels

Comments

2 Responses to “Cognitive Surplus Gone Bad at San Diego State”

  1. Wally Bock on May 14th, 2008 6:16 pm

    Interesting. A drug dealer who belongs to a fraternity is considered potential C-Suite material. A drug dealer who works the inner city is a menace to society.

  2. Michelle Malay Carter on May 14th, 2008 6:32 pm

    Hi Wally,

    Thanks for the comment. I think drug trafficing ring leaders, whether fraternity members or inner city citizens, are a menace to society and also they both likely have the cognitive capability potential to handle a C-Suite role in their lives. Obviously, cognitive capability alone wouldn’t make the qualified – other things matter – like character.

    I wasn’t recommending this guy for the C-suite by any means. I was simply saying that he might make it there if he proved capable of hiding his past once out of prison.

    Regards,

    Michelle