While groupthink has been historically associated with poor decision-making and infamous failures, its potential benefits in a project management context, particularly under specific circumstances ...

While groupthink has been historically associated with poor decision-making and infamous failures, its potential benefits in a project management context, particularly under specific circumstances ...

That’s groupthink, and it’s not unusual. People tend to follow a strong voice, especially when that person is in a leadership role and even more so when that leader is their boss.

In layperson terms, groupthink causes people to follow the leader unquestioningly, sometimes without knowing it. The key benefits of collaborative teamwork fall away when groupthink occurs.

How to fight the groupthink that happens when we work virtually Groupthink is more common when all communication is happening digitally. Here’s how to promote thinking creatively instead.

1. Get your facts–and then question them. Groupthink sometimes happens because the people on a team feel overly confident in themselves and their sources. They don’t always dig deep enough to ...

Groupthink makes navies stupid. Heck, groupthink makes any group of people stupid. Shame there’s such demand for it in U.S. Navy circles. Or at least that’s the impression you’d get from the ...

Groupthink in Investing In mid-2016, prevailing wisdom said two things: central banks will continue to intervene in the global markets, and economic growth will be anemic. Economic forecasts from ...

It is estimated that up to 80% of professional academics are left-liberals, leading to warnings of the dangers of groupthink in universities.

Groupthink is when people make decisions in a way that conforms with others, either because individuals want a certain outcome (i.e., have an agenda) or because they value harmony.

Groupthink is a phenomenon that social psychologists know well. It was in 1972 that Irving Janis first coined the term, and since this time the concept of Groupthink has been applied to the study ...

NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya defends open disagreement, criticizes groupthink, and argues that democracy depends on our ...