The title of the article is "Competence trumps a good cultural fit" and it pretty much went that way in the article. I say that one without the other is almost always a bad thing. I'll also say there's no reason to tolerate one without the other. I've worked with some extremely competent people that were virtually useless because they couldn't even get along with the incomptetent that hired them.

You just don't need to be an isolationist, an eccentric, or a jerk to be an innovator. 🙂