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How John F. Kennedy Changed Decision Making for Us All

Harvard Business Review

Yale psychologist Irving Janis used the debacle to coin the term “groupthink,” which refers to a psychological drive for consensus at any cost that suppresses dissent and appraisal of alternatives. The idea of instilling candid debate to avoid groupthink has become a guiding principle in many business school classrooms and boardrooms.