The Idolbuster

JANUARY 15, 2013

Research created an elaborate robotic system to streamline the user experience for one of the flagship product lines. The President and CFO were hungry for revenue growth, and via a process that sounds a lot like groupthink, the executive team convinced themselves that “we should be able to make $10M on this product this year.”

Biotechnology 41

Biotechnology Groupthink CFO Stress 41

RapidStart Leadership

MAY 23, 2017

There are close parallels here to good leadership and change. Leading effectively isn’t just building a system and then letting it run. But after a while, even the best ones can descend into groupthink and lose their creative edge. It’s important to have clear systems and procedures for getting things done.

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Groupthink Open-book Creativity Team 130

Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

That being your motivation, how do you step in the opposite direction—away from peer pressure, business norms, groupthink, and the power of conformity—to share a perspective that’s contrary to both expected and rewarded workplace behavior? Do you have a support system to nurture you along the way regardless of the outcome?

Groupthink 150

Groupthink Ethics Brainstorming Discount 150

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

And new models of leadership are emerging from some unlikely places. Bio-mechanical systems get more efficient as they get bigger, but they also slow down and become less adaptive. So do social systems like cities and communities. Conformity creates groupthink, stifling innovation and organizational resilience.

Agility 15

Agility Diversity Groupthink Efficiency 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2015

Companies were split into divisions, each with their own leadership. Even as someone who has studied alternative management movements , I’ve been skeptical about holacracy, which eschews the standard “org chart” for a system of interlocking “circles.” Frank and honest leadership is usually enough.

Groupthink 8

Groupthink Agility Diversity Information 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

While there are no right or wrong types, having too many people with similar personalities tends to lead to problems and groupthink. The structure of a team shifts, and a longtime player no longer fits the mold of the new organization or the system of a new coach. This situation occurs frequently in professional sports.

Company 8

Company Committee Long-term Groupthink 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2015

If, for instance, you’re hiring chefs, create a field for each cuisine they can cook, one for each formal qualification (such as diplomas and certificates in professional cookery, food safety, hospitality supervision, patisserie, leadership), as well as fields for attendance at industry events, awards, and types of experience.

Tools 8

Tools Groupthink Advertising Competitive Advantage 8

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. Weave values into your jobs portal or applicant tracking system. And not surprisingly, the trite single-word adjectives we selected were quickly forgotten.

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Process Groupthink Company Document 52