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How John F. Kennedy Changed Decision Making for Us All

Harvard Business Review

Eighteen months earlier, he’d made arguably the worst decision he ever made, to support an ill-conceived covert operation to unseat Fidel Castro, known today as the Bay of Pigs fiasco. The team should be broken into sub-groups that would work on alternatives and then reconvene.

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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. Preserve your role as a team player, instead of acting like the boss’s messenger or sharing confidential information you’re suddenly privy to. Never oversell your clout. Preserve — or reinvigorate — your objectivity.