Mark Sanborn

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Examples: A CEO ignores market research that suggests a new product will not be well-received because he or she firmly believes it’s a good idea. A business leader expands into new markets without sufficient research, thinking that past success will automatically translate to new ventures.

Dunning 86

Dunning Consensus Groupthink Charisma 86

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Additionally, you’re more prone to groupthink if you’re not exposed to diverse perspectives and points of view. 85% of your closest contacts are fellow marketers), it’s time to think consciously about how to diversify. If your network is weighted more than 70% in any direction (e.g.,

Industry 8

Industry Venture Capitalist Bond Groupthink 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

While both had top people, one was dramatically more successful in the market. Teams low in diversity often succumb to groupthink; they agree with each other too quickly and fail to consider novel courses of action. How did the stars at that firm manage to shine brightly together, while those at the other merely twinkled on their own?

Team 8

Team How To Efficiency Groupthink 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2011

Hence, your incentives are largely just the same as everybody else at Davos: to perpetuate stale concepts like "profit," "product," and "output," the tired, toxic practices of "strategy," "finance," and "marketing." Hence, the atmosphere of groupthink. Your Mom tends to tell you what you want to hear.

Ethics 15

Ethics Globalization Groupthink Incentives 15