Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 23, 2023

There are three common decision owners at work: a single person, a team via vote, or a team consensus. Using consensus? Your Turn Your team, department, and organization will make better-informed decisions, solve problems faster, and be more innovative when everyone has a chance to speak and be heard at work. Are we voting?

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 19, 2022

The research underlines how misinformation can spread as we can all too easily believe a consensus exists when it doesn’t. This intervention helped to reduce the illusion of consensus. Halting the spread. The post Research Explores How We Choose What To Believe first appeared on The Horizons Tracker.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Potentially revolutionary ideas or vital micro-innovations – unspoken, unexplored, overshadowed by the urgency of immediate tasks. This ‘missed shot’ phenomenon is not just a communication gap; it’s a significant loss for organizational innovation. What’s left behind? But there’s a catch.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Supercommunicators : How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection by Charles Duhigg Come inside a jury room as one juror leads a starkly divided room to consensus. Join a young CIA officer as he recruits a reluctant foreign agent.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

They found that this attempt to provide balance undermines people’s confidence in the scientific consensus on the issue at hand. Climate change is a great case study of the false balance problem, because the scientific consensus is nearly unanimous.

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Media Consensus Case Study Report 124

Lead from Within

JULY 2, 2024

Example: “Our purpose is to innovate sustainable solutions for urban living, and our vision is to become the leading provider of eco-friendly city infrastructure.” Example: “We will use Slack for daily communication, hold weekly video meetings on Mondays, and make decisions through a consensus-driven process.”

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 27, 2024

Pattern breaking is a non-consensus opportunity that forces a choice in the mind of the individual and not a comparison. If you act too slowly, you’ve got what is a conventional idea, embraced only after it became obvious to many others—leaving your idea to compete against a crowded field.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2024

New research suggests that this rejection can be due to people’s lack of shared criteria or reference points when evaluating a potential innovation’s value. Previous research has found that new ideas are seen as risky and are often rejected.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 24, 2023

Against novelty The researchers explain that there has long been a concern that reviewers and journals leaned more toward conservative research findings, which inevitably discourages researchers from pursuing novel and innovative projects. They found no evidence that this bias exists either.

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Peer Review Consensus Review Uncertainty 108

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 17, 2024

However, there was a catch: When they compared the consensus forecasts to actual financial results, they found that these atypical firms underperformed analysts’ expectations, leading to negative earnings surprises. The researchers called this the “performative atypicality premium.”

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 28, 2020

For more than a year, he and his senior management team have been trying to encourage patient groups to adopt his organization’s innovative medical equipment. The false consensus effect is just one out of over one-hundred mental blind spots that scholars in cognitive neuroscience and behavioral economics call cognitive biases.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 3, 2024

While the general consensus among workers is that remote work is something they want to retain, managers are often keener for people to return to the office on a regular basis. This is especially crucial for companies aiming to be innovative. Especially if you’re early in your career.

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Career Consensus Learning-by-Doing Innovation 70

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 7, 2022

Sustainable consensus. In terms of technology, this manifests itself primarily in investments in areas such as artificial intelligence and cloud computing, with most sustainability transformations focused on business model innovations.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 10, 2013

This past week, I was looking for insight into this question: “Why has the United States slipped down in the innovation rankings for the developed countries in the world?” There seems to be no consensus on why. There is not much doubt about this reality: we have slipped. But I ran across this article that […].

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 8, 2023

The only real consensus is that there is no consensus, with as many firms seeming to want employees back in as those believing employees should be free to choose. A recent paper from Harvard Business School suggests that a hybrid combination of the two might be the best approach.

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Productivity Products Consensus Quality 129

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

“When you allow for diverse opinions, it takes longer for people to reach consensus” and collect the necessary supporting information,” the researchers explain. In simple terms, while diversity and inclusion are important, they might slow companies down at first. It’s like taking a short-term hit for long-term gains.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

On the most fundamental level, leaders must bring divergent groups together and forge a consensus on a path forward. The Extraordinary Power of Leader Humility : Thriving Organizations & Great Results by Marilyn Gist PhD. But what makes that possible?

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

We don’t innovate. They suppress dissent and push for consensus. Build consensus” or “Get everyone on the same page” is another way of saying, “I’m right, and you need to change your thinking.”. This mindset is not only found in the manufacturing environment but just about everywhere else where humans are involved.

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Leadership Compliance Learning-by-Doing Consensus 361

Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 21, 2020

Hire to innovate. Business and HR leaders can cover all the bases by keeping innovation in mind as they select new hires. It may feel good to have a homogeneous staff, but this stifles innovation. To avoid forced consensus, take generational and background diversity in job candidates into account.

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Mark Sanborn

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

This can result in poor decision-making and a lack of innovative thinking. False Consensus Effect Leaders suffering from the false consensus effect overestimate the extent to which others share their opinions and beliefs. Examples: A CEO assumes that their enthusiasm for a new corporate strategy is shared by all employees.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 7, 2024

“Our over-decade-long work on AI agent-based consensus-building support has empirically demonstrated AI agents’ applicability in de-escalating confrontational situations,” the researchers explain.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

While the general consensus is that employees liked it and were reasonably productive, there are concerns about its impact on things like creativity and innovation. The Covid pandemic was many things, but it in workplace circles, it provided the largest experiment in remote working ever seen.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 25, 2022

If there is any consensus in the data it is that there is no real consensus. The initial evidence from the research wasn’t especially positive, with few firms planning to increase the availability of remote work at all in the year ahead.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 14, 2019

I N AN IBM global survey of CEOs, the overwhelming consensus was that more than rigor, management discipline, integrity or even vision, successfully navigating an increasing complex world will require creativity. They march through the phases robotically, as if they have discovered a magic formula for innovation.

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Creativity Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing Construction 294

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 27, 2021

While the success rate of digital transformation efforts has not always been much to write home about, the general consensus has remained that trying to digitally transform one’s business is far preferable to not doing so.

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Supply Chain Consensus Technology Analysis 123

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

By stressing the credibility and consensus of scientific evidence, it is possible to promote greater acceptance and trust in scientific facts, especially on new topics like climate change. Recognizing this can help find the best ways to communicate scientific information to the public.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

They are no longer responsible for managing risk but also for driving innovation, enhancing customer experiences, and achieving sustainable growth. They should be able to articulate their vision, build consensus, and inspire their teams. Alongside these qualities, a proven track record of leadership is crucial.

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Insurance Execution Long-term Diversity 243

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 24, 2020

“In part these may be fed by the fact it is easy to find social consensus.”. The Swiss, who have been long time the leaders in INSEAD’s Global Innovation Index, also scored well, coming in 3rd place, with its scientific infrastructure and strong education systems a significant factor in that.

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Education Consensus Metrics Efficiency 121

Lead from Within

JUNE 2, 2020

Build consensus so you have wide agreement and ownership—leaving room for course corrections if needed. Especially when the stakes are high, is important to be the kind of leader who encourages innovation and risk-taking, and that means embracing mistakes and failures instead of punishing them. Well-defined priorities.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The general consensus from our experience of the web is that anonymity is generally not a good thing as the freedom anonymity provides brings out the harmful side of an emboldened community to bully, abuse, and spread misinformation. Speaking up. Anonymous meetings.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JANUARY 20, 2014

Build Consensus. Like Bono, it is wise to seek consensus on decisions, especially on issues that are important in the eyes of the people you lead and on decisions they will need to implement. This longevity has helped them learn and grow together, to be innovative, and to take their music and performances in new artistic directions.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 11, 2022

It’s already well established that a diverse workforce has various organizational benefits, including greater innovation and employee commitment. What’s more, in order to reach a consensus, such teams must also take these perspectives into account. A diverse workforce. Taking perspectives.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 28, 2018

They are less likely to take chances, question the norm, or innovate. When people take chances to bet against the consensus as Dalio does, there is a high probability that they may be wrong. In this highly competitive, global business climate, employees who are motivated by these extrinsic factors are much less likely to learn.

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Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Consensus Diversity 254

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

We need much more of the kind of leadership that is capable of scaling innovation, adaptability, sustainability, agility, and engagement as it is growth strategy. Builds involvement and consensus, supports team members, and advocates for team initiatives. The solution is to scale our leadership. Leads by Example: Good role model.

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Leadership Self-aware Agility Creativity 298

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Consensus is a powerful tool. When CEOs set out to conquer new markets or undertake billion-dollar acquisitions, we’d hope they’d at least sought out some consensus from their trusted advisors. The problem with consensus is that it’s expensive. The problem with consensus is that it’s expensive. Consider the story of Nick.

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Leading Blog

MAY 8, 2019

Best Idea, Not Consensus. The goal of consensus leads to “groupthink” and inferior decisions. Innovation Is Where the Crazy People Have Stature. Have a structure for one-on-one’s and take the time to prepare for them, as they are the best way to help people be more effective and to grow. Money’s Not Just About the Money.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The study suggests that while dominant individuals can elicit certain behaviors and outcomes through force, passive leaders are better at deriving consensus within the group. When it comes to bringing peers to consensus during more sophisticated tasks, it is the least aggressive individuals that exert the greatest influence.”

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