Leading Blog
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
By asking more of these questions – of yourself and others -- you articulate goals, set benchmarks and assess risk. They ask about long-term goals, interests, and priorities. These are questions that require you to challenge groupthink, conventional wisdom, and your own biases. Is the goal in your best interests?
Leading Blog
MARCH 13, 2012
Collaboration is distinct from cooperation in that “although both cooperating parties may achieve a common goal, they do not necessarily enhance each other’s capacity. Plan for Achieving the Goal. Without diversity groupthink sets in. It results in something that did not exist before. The focus is on results and not process.
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Leading Blog
MAY 8, 2019
The goal of consensus leads to “groupthink” and inferior decisions. Compensating people well demonstrates love and respect and ties them strongly to the goals of the company. Innovation Is Where the Crazy People Have Stature. There isn’t a head at the Round Table , but there is a throne behind it.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 25, 2015
A key element of creativity is bringing existing knowledge to bear on a new problem or goal. The more people who can engage with that problem or goal, the more knowledge that is available to work on it. Innovative Teams (20-Minute Manager Series). Innovation Book. Further Reading. Harvard Business Review. Add to Cart.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 11, 2012
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. Turning a critic into a passionate advocate and supporter is a great goal in innovation. Diversity is the crucial element for group creativity.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 27, 2016
When a person starts to identify with a group, it triggers a fundamental shift in their goals. Once their self becomes fused with the group, they are motivated to pursue what they understand to be the goals of the group. Set superordinate goals. Focus on employees’ social needs.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 10, 2018
Indeed, being data-driven has joined the ranks of “innovative”, “diverse”, and “socially responsible” as the one of most laudable features of organizational culture, at least if we go by company websites. Instead, celebrate critical thinking, curiosity, and the deeper desire to question things.
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