Heading into its 50th year, the group has weathered shakeups at its headquarters in the United States and Britain, where the former international executive director was dismissed last year for running a business selling puzzles and games out of Mensa headquarters. In the United States only two of the group's 14 staffers made the move from New York to new headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas, and Mensa America continues to struggle with its vision for the future. An estimated five million Americans meet Mensa's intelligence requirement, but only about 45,000 have joined. We need to define where American Mensa really is going. It's a form of mental masturbation.
Nothing comes of it.
With the book Emotional Intelligence on bestseller lists in the United States and United Kingdom, the one-dimensional intelligence quotient is being challenged by the emotional quotient as a barometer of success.