N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Strengthened Innovation: Diverse teams are more likely to generate innovative solutions. Women contribute unique insights and experiences, fostering a culture of innovation. To improve gender diversity on corporate boards, addressing systemic and individual barriers is crucial.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 16, 2021

As social media plays an ever greater role in how we find and consume information, concerns have grown about the prevalence of filter bubbles and groupthink. New research from Berkeley Haas highlights how easy it is for groupthink to emerge in large groups and especially on social media.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 11, 2023

If you’ve ever agreed to a decision at work even when you believe it to be the worst move your company could make, you need to learn how to avoid groupthink. But what is groupthink? Image credit – Freepik What is Groupthink? Understanding what groupthink is and taking measures to avoid it is essential in any workplace.

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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. Integrate with local innovation ecosystems.

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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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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2012

Private R&D spending has also tailed off since then, when it brought us breakthrough innovations like laser printing, the Ethernet, the graphical user interface, and the mouse. At the same time, experts fret that our public school system doesn't foster enough creativity in our future workforce. But I think the declinism is overwrought.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

Will they integrate with current Business Intelligence systems? But overreliance on these firms leads to industry groupthink, and complexity-theory research tells us that it's impossible to predict the behavior of a large system (such as the world of tech innovation) beyond the next few moves.

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