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Personality Tests Can Help Balance a Team

Harvard Business Review

Others, perhaps driven by their own narcissism, pick people who are like them, which kills diversity and breeds groupthink. A well-known example is the disintegration of the French national football team at the 2010 World Cup. Alternatively, they just assemble the smartest folks they can find.

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Three Times You Have to Speak Up

Harvard Business Review

It happened during the Kennedy Administration's Bay of Pigs fiasco when " groupthink " carried the day. Minority viewpoints have been proven to aid the quality of decision making in juries, by teams, and for the purpose of innovation. Nilofer Merchant is a corporate advisor and speaker on innovation methods.

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