Groupthink
Fleeting- External reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink
groupthink When people provide an assessment that looks like the one of people before them.
We unconsciously tend to want to avoid conflict and thrive for unanimity.
Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome
minimize conflict and reach a consensus decision without critical evaluation
Groupthink requires individuals to avoid raising controversial issues or alternative solutions, and there is loss of individual creativity, uniqueness and independent thinking.
Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome
minimize conflict and reach a consensus decision without critical evaluation
Groupthink requires individuals to avoid raising controversial issues or alternative solutions, and there is loss of individual creativity, uniqueness and independent thinking.
Notes linking here
- big companies are more prone to be impacted by biases, because they have more groupthink
- make people write down their assessment before knowing the one of their colleagues
- protect the dissenters
- sketchplanations Groupthink
- The Abilene paradox
- will imposing a time keeper on meetings help?