Mark Sanborn
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
In Practice: A CEO convinced that remote work hampers productivity may only acknowledge studies supporting this view, while ignoring evidence to the contrary. In Practice: A CFO might confidently project revenue figures while neglecting market uncertainties and potential disruptions.
The Idolbuster
JANUARY 15, 2013
But “ready for customers” is exactly what the CEO wanted to hear. The President and CFO were hungry for revenue growth, and via a process that sounds a lot like groupthink, the executive team convinced themselves that “we should be able to make $10M on this product this year.”
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 3, 2011
The CEO and CFO were marching through their 112-slide presentation. It happened during the Kennedy Administration's Bay of Pigs fiasco when " groupthink " carried the day. It was said of Abbot Agatho that for three years he carried a stone in his mouth until he learned to be silent.
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