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.

Groupthink 78

Groupthink Media Content Proposal 78

Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 30, 2019

You need to de-bias the systems that run the organisation, such as recruitment, pay, procurement, talent management and marketing. When we think about how to reduce unconscious bias in organisations, we often think about systems and processes. And you need to lead inclusively.

Diversity 231

Diversity Groupthink Policies Environment 231

RapidStart Leadership

MAY 23, 2017

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. As a group, pick something everyone can enjoy and participate in, and let off a little steam. Everything seems fresh and full of opportunity. Shuffle the team.

Groupthink 130

Groupthink Open-book Creativity Team 130

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.

Process 52

Process Groupthink Company Document 52

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2014

Complex problems are characterized by confusing systems of causal interactions; untangling these requires multiple different points of view. Path dependence is the tendency for things (such as events, belief systems, personalities, evolution, and conversations) to unfold in ways that are constrained by the parameters of the path they are on.

Productivity 16

Productivity Products Brainstorming Diversity 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2014

Complex problems are characterized by confusing systems of causal interactions; untangling these requires multiple different points of view. Path dependence is the tendency for things (such as events, belief systems, personalities, evolution, and conversations) to unfold in ways that are constrained by the parameters of the path they are on.

Productivity 12

Productivity Products Brainstorming Diversity 12