The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 27, 2022

Diversity has long been recognized in terms of its importance to things like innovation and creativity, with research from MIT showing how cognitive diversity improves the profitability of organizations. Such diversity can have costs, however, as paper from Wharton illustrates. Constructive disagreement.

Diversity 105

Diversity Committee Construction Groupthink 105

Leading Blog

APRIL 3, 2020

A S a McKinsey & Company article stated in late March 2020: “What leaders need during a crisis is not a predefined response plan but behaviors and mindsets that will prevent them from overreacting to yesterday’s developments and help them look ahead.”.

McKinsey 294

McKinsey Emotional Intelligence Crisis Self-aware 294

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

In trying to sell investors on his company Babble, Rufus Griscom described the hurdles he faced in his own business. When I led with the factors that could kill the company, the response from the board was the exact opposite: oh, these things aren’t so bad.” Dealing with Groupthink. Cohesion in a group doesn’t cause groupthink.

Groupthink 150

Groupthink Creativity Innovation Learning-by-Doing 150

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

In his research, West found that companies today behave more like whales and machines. The good news is that there's no reason companies can't be more like communities. After all, companies are social networks too. Conformity creates groupthink, stifling innovation and organizational resilience. Communities or machines?

Agility 15

Agility Diversity Groupthink Efficiency 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2015

Companies were split into divisions, each with their own leadership. Even Brian admits that holacracy isn’t for everyone (I’m still not sure I would want to work in a company that adopted it), but I think every manager could benefit from a better understanding of the problems that it is trying to solve. What’s yours?

Groupthink 8

Groupthink Agility Diversity Information 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

This proprietary model analyzes six critical team competencies: Balance: How well a team understands the importance of diversity of skills and strengths and is willing to incorporate them. Teams low in diversity often succumb to groupthink; they agree with each other too quickly and fail to consider novel courses of action.

Team 8

Team How To Efficiency Groupthink 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

To best leverage worldwide creative talent, Reliance MediaWorks operates a global network of creative centers located in Burbank, San Francisco, London, Tokyo, and across India. Polycentric innovation won't work in organizations that promote groupthink. You can't run your global R&D operations from headquarters in Mumbai.

Globalization 9

Globalization Innovation Decentralization Chemicals 9