Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Jonah Lehrer's article, "GroupThink" in The New Yorker , January 30, 2012 states that brainstorming seems like an ideal technique, a feel-good way to boost productivity. But there is a problem with brainstorming. It doesn't work. Scientific advances have lead to a situation where all the remaining problems are incredibly hard.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2017

They think in digital terms and have the curiosity and drive to figure out how technology works. Hackers also know a thing or two about the limits of technology. This helps teams avoid tunnel vision and groupthink, and gets them thinking more creatively. They view every problem as an opportunity. Insight Center.

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Training Software Groupthink Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2015

.” Many leaders choose team members purely on the basis of functional skill — treating them, essentially, as fungible assets or the individual components of a machine. Others, perhaps driven by their own narcissism, pick people who are like them, which kills diversity and breeds groupthink.

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Team Groupthink Emotional Intelligence Tools 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2017

Subsidize Your Skill Development. My day job not only afforded me the capital to make albums, but it taught me the skills to succeed as a producer. ” In other words, they didn’t want to hear the groupthink. Instead, a more revealing query would be, “Why do you have multiple careers?” Here’s how.

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Career Groupthink Banking Video 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2012

Creativity is the most essential skill for navigating an increasingly complex world — or so said 1,500 CEOs across 60 countries in a recent survey by IBM. And yet federally funded research and development — creativity, institutionalized — is down 20% as a share of America's GDP since the late 1980s.

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Creativity Groupthink Stress GDP 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Foster critical thinking : While much of the current discussions around data focus on the role of technology and AI, it is really the human side of the equation that will remain the biggest differentiator for teams and organizations. Scaling Your Team’s Data Skills. Insight Center. Sponsored by Splunk.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 13, 2012

Collaboration is not a new concept, but globalization and new technologies have turned it into one of the best methods of competitive advantage available. It’s teamwork that keeps people with a diverse set of skills, knowledge, information, and perspectives working together effectively and efficiently to achieve their common goal.

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