The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Is groupthink a habit in our team, or are we frequently seeking out new and different ways of solving our problems? Is it possible for me to share a creative idea or a point of view that differs from the remainder of the group? Can I share my own perspectives? Do I feel those I work with care about my wellbeing?

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Team Groupthink Teamwork Diversity 101

Leading Blog

MARCH 13, 2012

It’s the creative part of the collaboration process, in which members of the group move beyond the “same kind of thinking” to come up with new ideas that bring true value to the collaborative effort. Without diversity groupthink sets in. Brainstorming. Diverse Group. Diversity is the power behind collaboration.

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Cooper Groupthink Diversity Teamwork 285

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. ” The best decisions.

Diversity 101

Diversity Committee Construction Groupthink 101

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.". We have no issue with the importance of the creative individual to generate focused and powerful ideas.

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Groupthink Brainstorming Osborne Consensus 15

Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Jonah Lehrer's article, "GroupThink" in The New Yorker , January 30, 2012 states that brainstorming seems like an ideal technique, a feel-good way to boost productivity. Exposure to unfamilar perspectives can foster creativity. The most creative spaces are those which hurl us together. But there is a problem with brainstorming.

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Brainstorming Groupthink Engineering Creativity 99

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2012

Diversity is the crucial element for group creativity. Innovation teams tasked with creating new products or technologies or iterating existing ones need tension to produce breakthroughs, and tension comes from diverse points of view. That tension essential to creativity is tough to manage, requiring deft leadership.

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Diversity Creativity Team Groupthink 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

There are two reasons most of us aren’t very good at creative problem solving. First, few people get training in how to be creative in their education. Second, few people understand group dynamics well enough to harness their power to help groups maximize their creativity. Innovative Teams (20-Minute Manager Series).

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Groupthink Process Osborne Idea Generation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2012

Creativity is the most essential skill for navigating an increasingly complex world — or so said 1,500 CEOs across 60 countries in a recent survey by IBM. And yet federally funded research and development — creativity, institutionalized — is down 20% as a share of America's GDP since the late 1980s.

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Creativity Groupthink Stress GDP 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

In prior blog posts, we have described how Western multinationals such as Xerox and GE are embracing polycentric innovation by sourcing more R&D capabilities from emerging markets such as India and China and integrating them into a synergistic global innovation network. in close partnership with the University of Warwick. and the U.K.

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Globalization Innovation Decentralization Chemicals 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Many of us are familiar with the hazards of Groupthink - when teams or organizations operate on autopilot and feel a general false sense of invulnerability. One strategy that can significantly help teams avoid the dangers of Groupthink and successfully respond to emerging threats and opportunities is to create structured debates.

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Groupthink Team Consensus Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2015

In short, Amazon discourages conformity and combats groupthink. Conflict and innovation are thought to march hand-in-hand. That research has shown that many groups, including businesses, do poorly, or at least less well than they should, because they do not take advantage of the information and the creativity of their own staffs.

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Groupthink Consensus Short-term Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2011

We all have some sense of "the box" as an onerous thing that stifles original thinking, solutions and creativity, something foisted upon us by external circumstances. In business, this is a sure recipe for groupthink. This is particularly pernicious in creative circles. Let creativity begin. The box of "I'm right."

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Hotels Groupthink Creativity Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2015

Inventive thinking in a team setting is fueled by a blend of talents, skills, and traits that rarely all exist in a single person—such as an ability to see problems through fresh eyes, a knack for understanding a frustrated customer’s complaints, or a flair for turning a creative idea into a profitable innova­tion.

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Diversity Ries Creativity Groupthink 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2012

These formed after reading a great article by Susan Cain in the New York Times called "The Rise of the New Groupthink." There is one large exception to this rule: groups that come together digitally, rather than in the real world, are often very creative, innovative, and productive. How can this be?

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Brainstorming Groupthink Focus Group Power 16

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Large cities have higher income, lower crime rates, and more rapid innovation. Networks, on the other hand, become more versatile and creative. Yet inside this massive structure is a surprising amount of innovation in the area of organizational design and decision-making. People even walk faster in bigger cities.

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Agility Diversity Groupthink Efficiency 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Group cohesion can also be a weakness—suppressing dissent and creativity, and creating mindless conformity. Thus, constructive dissent needs to be explicitly valued in organizations to avoid groupthink and bad decision-making. How can leaders capitalize on the benefits of group cohesion while avoiding its drawbacks?

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Cooper Sports Groupthink Construction 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2017

For someone who works at an office all day, it’s exciting to go “behind-the-scenes” and interact with singers, musicians, and other creative professionals. ” In other words, they didn’t want to hear the groupthink. Discover Real Innovations. My friend got a new subscriber.

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Career Groupthink Banking Video 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

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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Merton Groupthink CFO Cost 15

ExactHire - Leadership

MARCH 8, 2017

As you can imagine, it resulted in a hot mess of groupthink…complete with vanilla platitudes that can only result from trying to be everything to everyone. They should avoid one-word overused “no duh” adjectives like “innovation” or “integrity.” At ExactHire, our team focused on short phrases. 9 – Live your values everyday.

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Process Groupthink Company Document 52