Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2012

In articles in both the New York Times and The New Yorker earlier this year, the concept of brainstorming as introduced in the 1940's by Alex Osborn has been attacked as ineffective and linked to the concept of " Groupthink.". Suffice it to say, we dislike consensus-based "Groupthink" as much as the next person. Here's our advice: 1.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 7, 2015

And to do this, you need to develop and practice outsight (versus insight). Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Herminia Ibarra Leadership Leadership Books' Contrary to popular opinion, Ibarra argues that you have to act your way into a new type of leadership thinking instead of thinking your way into it.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

And to do this, you need to develop and practice outsight (versus insight). Contrary to popular opinion, Ibarra argues that you have to act your way into a new type of leadership thinking instead of thinking your way into it.

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Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Five Highlights from the 2023 CMI President's Dinner Words CMI Insights / Photography Amanda Forman The evidence about good and bad management; the new CMI president; and all the 2023 award-winners. Bad management harms society: fact “Bad management is bad – on every level,” said CMI’s chief executive Ann Francke OBE in her opening comments.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

For that, he leaves a huge legacy in management. Yale psychologist Irving Janis used the debacle to coin the term “groupthink,” which refers to a psychological drive for consensus at any cost that suppresses dissent and appraisal of alternatives. Crisis management Decision making Government'

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2015

Today, a few organizations – like Medium, David Allen Consultants, and Zappos – are adopting a radically different, approach to management: holacracy. For all of the sturm und drang surrounding the idea, as we talked I realized a lot of holacracy is just codifying many of the informal elements of good management.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

How did the stars at that firm manage to shine brightly together, while those at the other merely twinkled on their own? 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. You and Your Team.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2016

companies, the guidelines contain helpful (although not entirely novel or innovative) recommendations such as compensating outside directors with stock, giving non-executive directors unfettered access to management, and discouraging the practice of earnings guidance. Intended to strengthen corporate governance at U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Ed Gadsden, former chief diversity officer at Pfizer, once asked his sponsor, the legal scholar and federal judge Leon Higginbotham, why he took such an interest in him, aside from the fact they were both African American. Using your power is about developing others, helping them achieve their leadership potential. Fill in your gaps.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2015

Others, perhaps driven by their own narcissism, pick people who are like them, which kills diversity and breeds groupthink. Buffer , a social media firm, uses them to create virtual teams and pilot novel organizational structures that eschew managers and formal roles. Insight Center. The Future of Collaboration.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

A sizable literature in management and psychology helps us understand how people become susceptible to moral biases and make choices that are inconsistent with their values and the values of their organizations. Develop routines, rituals, and mantras. Make it a group effort.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Chirotech specializes in biocatalysis and chemocatalysis, two important subspecialties of biotechnology and chemistry that help develop key biological and chemical intermediates needed for the efficient production of medicines. Polycentric innovation won't work in organizations that promote groupthink.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2015

This kind of intellectual diversity is more likely to be present when individuals on the team come from different disciplines, backgrounds, and areas of expertise. People who judge prefer having closure, with all loose ends tied up, when managing tasks and making decisions. Innovative Teams (20-Minute Manager Series).

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2018

It is no doubt a sign of progress that a significant proportion of organizations and managers today appear to feel guilty when they admit that they are making big management decisions in an intuitive rather than evidence-based way. And, as with any cultural transformation, managers are a critical agent of change.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2014

Many managers prefer to hire former athletes, figuring that someone who’s put in years of (sometimes painful) hard work to become a high-performer in a competitive sport will show the persistence needed to succeed in non-athletic pursuits, too. Third, diverse of points of view are lacking. The experience has stayed with me, however.

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