Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2017

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. They define appropriate standards of behavior for all team members and expose contrary action. What to do now?

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Abilene Paradox Groupthink Consensus Restructuring 272

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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Groupthink Brainstorming Osborne Consensus 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

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. The team should be broken into sub-groups that would work on alternatives and then reconvene.

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Groupthink Janis Consensus After Action Review 8

ExactHire - Leadership

MARCH 8, 2017

While the company has been in business since 2007, our management team had some of the same objections that I initially mentioned. 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. 2 – Give context and get buy-in.

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Process Groupthink Company Document 52

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2017

You can get trapped in a version of groupthink, with a single set of shared relationships. Either way, you can end up without the bandwidth to seek out your own projects or skill development. Don’t leak information from your boss to the team, and don’t pass along off-the-record information from the team to your boss.

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Groupthink Video Learning-by-Doing Career 13

Leading Blog

MARCH 13, 2012

Willing Participation. Without diversity groupthink sets in. It is diversity that gives a team the unique perspectives needed to create truly innovative solutions. People need to be able to talk to one another freely and regularly. Diverse Group. Diversity is the power behind collaboration.

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Cooper Groupthink Diversity Teamwork 285