Michael Jordan may be the greatest basketball player ever, but he knew he couldn’t win on his own.

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships,” Jordan is quoted as saying. That was true of his Chicago Bulls. It wasn’t until a visionary coach built a team around Jordan that the once-forlorn Bulls won six championship titles.

This advice is true in business too. Ground-breaking ideas need the fertile soil provided by partners in business, government, and academia so the concepts can germinate and grow.