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Advancing Gender Diversity in Boardrooms: Success Strategies

N2Growth Blog

Studies indicate that gender-balanced teams are more likely to develop creative strategies. Enhanced Corporate Governance: Diverse boards and leadership teams enhance corporate governance by reducing groupthink and ensuring a wider range of opinions are considered.

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The #1 Killer of Change

Lead Change Blog

In my view, the #1 killer element is groupthink. He believed, as I do, that groupthink erodes values; stifles critical thinking, limits creativity; enables undue influence of direction; and, allows inequity of action. So what is that profound issue, that killer component? However, that seems all too often not to happen.

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A time and a place for brainstorming techniques

Rapid BI

Brainstorming often gets a bad press, with the popular belief being that it fosters groupthink and generally hinders the creative process. New research shines a new light on the value of brainstorming however, especially a bit later in the creative process when ideas have already been generated.

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LeadershipNow 140: January 2019 Compilation

Leading Blog

David Bowie knew how to inspire creativity via @quartzatwork. Winston Churchill, Groupthink, and the Dardanelles by @michaelaroberto. What if we started asking " What problem would you like to help solve? " @FahdAlhattab. VIDEO: How to turn a group of strangers into a team by @AmyCEdmondson. Resilience and Courage by @artpetty.

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Problems stem from bad data, wrong assumptions, and false conclusions

Mike Cardus

With creativity and change , there are two types of problems: Normal Problems = These are growth and adaptation challenges that are normal to most change. It is essential to keep an open mind and focus on the environment that causes creativity to cease. Abnormal Problems = AKA Cul-de-sac problems.

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Creating and Leading High Performing Teams

Lead Change Blog

Having the right mix of people will produce ideas that are creative, cost-effective, and practical. That can result in groupthink. Team members have the expertise, motivation, and resources to execute their assigned roles and responsibilities at the highest level. The values include: Excellence. Speak up.

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How Would You Put Your Organization Out of Business?

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Among the things he discussed in his keynote was how to combat groupthink. Groupthink may be the most dangerous force running rampant within organizations today. Here’s a definition of it from Psychology Today : Groupthink occurs when a group values harmony and coherence over accurate analysis and critical evaluation.