Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

These are questions that require you to challenge groupthink, conventional wisdom, and your own biases. Keeping your strategic objective constant, ask whether different tactics can lower the cost or raise the prospects of success. Then ask everyone to challenge you, your logic, your goals, or your tactics.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 20, 2019

“We all know perfectly well that simply hearing something over and over again doesn’t mean it is truth, but we fall for this persuasive tactic anyway. We move toward things that are familiar to us because they are comfortable. The more often we her something, the more familiar it becomes, and familiarity breeds trust.” We Want to Belong.

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RapidStart Leadership

MAY 25, 2017

When everyone focuses on agreeing and trying to please, you’ll soon find yourself on the Bus to Abilene , a special kind of purgatory for specialists in groupthink. In Army exercises we often had a “Red Cell” who did their best to mess up our tactical plans. . - Patton Click To Tweet. It’s the place bad decisions come from.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2013

We’ll offer a few tactics we have used deliberately to counter the effects of three infamous cognitive biases. To overcome “groupthink” start with hiring. Fighting groupthink should start at the hiring stage. But how do managers work actively to fight weaknesses of which, by definition, they are insufficiently aware?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2015

Others, perhaps driven by their own narcissism, pick people who are like them, which kills diversity and breeds groupthink. None of these tactics work, because, as research shows, the dynamics of interpersonal relationships depend on individuals’ personalities, not on hard skills or expertise.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2017

You can get trapped in a version of groupthink, with a single set of shared relationships. Here are three tactics that will help you endure your stint in the spotlight. See More Videos > See More Videos > Next, if you get too attached to your boss, your objectivity and ability to think independently may fade.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

While there are no right or wrong types, having too many people with similar personalities tends to lead to problems and groupthink. If they are self-aware and can demonstrate that they love learning new things, we can train them tactically on the ins and outs of the job.

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