Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Facts are concrete realities verifiable by observation, consistency with the rules of a symbol system such as 2+2=4, or applying objective standards of value such as ‘stealing is wrong.’ In an increasingly connected, technologically savvy, and fast-paced world, difference is the new normal. ~Malcolm Forbes. 5) Be transparent.

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Diversity Groupthink Leadership Follow-up 150

The Idolbuster

JANUARY 15, 2013

Research created an elaborate robotic system to streamline the user experience for one of the flagship product lines. Product development is always needed to make a new technology robust enough to work consistently in customer hands. He was a Scorpion , a “visionary” who felt that the technology should sell itself.

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Biotechnology Groupthink CFO Stress 41

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

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. For example, a senior executive in a traditional financial services organization recognized that the organization needed to embrace new technologies in order to engage with Millennials.

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Groupthink Team Consensus Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

Will they integrate with current Business Intelligence systems? What impact will terahertz frequencies have on communication technologies? The workshops at the 25th conference on artificial intelligence can shed light on the future of natural language systems. Is the "cloud" just a passing phase?

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CIO Venture Capitalist Chief Information Officer Conference 14

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 7, 2016

The good news is that there are ways to consistently make better decisions by using practices and technologies based on behavioral economics. Most business decisions are collaborative, which mean groupthink and consensus work to compound our individual biases. A final reason is technology. One reason is history.

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Kahneman Groupthink Tools Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2012

At the same time, experts fret that our public school system doesn't foster enough creativity in our future workforce. Private R&D spending has also tailed off since then, when it brought us breakthrough innovations like laser printing, the Ethernet, the graphical user interface, and the mouse. But I think the declinism is overwrought.

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Creativity Groupthink Stress GDP 16