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The Hidden Enemy of Productive Conversations

Harvard Business Review

Path dependence is the tendency for things (such as events, belief systems, personalities, evolution, and conversations) to unfold in ways that are constrained by the parameters of the path they are on. And groups are just as vulnerable as individuals to the number one enemy of productive thinking: path dependence.

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The Hidden Enemy of Productive Conversations

Harvard Business Review

Path dependence is the tendency for things (such as events, belief systems, personalities, evolution, and conversations) to unfold in ways that are constrained by the parameters of the path they are on. And groups are just as vulnerable as individuals to the number one enemy of productive thinking: path dependence.