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5 Ways to Avoid Groupthink

HR Digest

In modern workplaces, we have seen very destructive examples of groupthink. Many companies and organizations were down because their team members were part of groupthink, and that is why we need to avoid groupthink and improve the decision-making process. . What is groupthink in a team? What is an example of groupthink.

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Originals or How Non-Conformists Move the World

Leading Blog

They move before the market can support their idea. When you are the first to market, you have to make all of the mistakes yourself.” Dealing with Groupthink. Cohesion in a group doesn’t cause groupthink. There’s a fine line between having a strong culture and operating like a cult.”

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How Structured Debate Helps Your Team Grow

Harvard Business Review

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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India Remakes Global Innovation

Harvard Business Review

Dr Reddy's plan is to leverage Chirotech's scientific capabilities to optimize drug development processes, thus lowering manufacturing costs and speeding time-to-market. In recent years, Indian firms such as Dr Reddy's have also started globalizing their R&D footprint by moving into Western markets. and the U.K.

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You Don’t Need to Adopt Holacracy to Get Some of Its Benefits

Harvard Business Review

In each case, the market leader had a chance to invest or partner with the upstart that eventually disrupted them. Without cohesion, there is no common purpose, but without diversity groupthink will set in and eventually that purpose will lose relevance. Wal-Mart and Sears. Netflix and Blockbuster. Google and Yahoo.

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How to Make a Team of Stars Work

Harvard Business Review

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?

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Being the Boss’s Favorite Is Great, Until It’s Not

Harvard Business Review

You can get trapped in a version of groupthink, with a single set of shared relationships. If you’re feeling forced to function too much as a trusted sidekick and not enough as a whole person, it may be time to consider looking for a new opportunity, one where you can operate more independently and succeed through your own efforts.