Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2012

Innovation teams tasked with creating new products or technologies or iterating existing ones need tension to produce breakthroughs, and tension comes from diverse points of view. This is the opposite of groupthink, the creativity-killing phenomenon of too much agreement and too similar perspectives that often paralyzes otherwise great teams.

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Diversity Creativity Team Groupthink 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2012

Yes, as a society, we do need to remake our educational systems to deliver more young people to what Steve Jobs called "the intersection of technology and the humanities" — to bring American students' globally below-average math and science fluency up to snuff and keep them immersed in the arts.

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Creativity Groupthink Stress GDP 20

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Dr Reddy's plan is to leverage Chirotech's scientific capabilities to optimize drug development processes, thus lowering manufacturing costs and speeding time-to-market. In recent years, Indian firms such as Dr Reddy's have also started globalizing their R&D footprint by moving into Western markets.

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Globalization Innovation Decentralization Chemicals 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Many of us are familiar with the hazards of Groupthink - when teams or organizations operate on autopilot and feel a general false sense of invulnerability. For example, a senior executive in a traditional financial services organization recognized that the organization needed to embrace new technologies in order to engage with Millennials.

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Groupthink Team Consensus Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2013

Diversity of opinions, rather than indicating board dysfunction, may also give shareholders confidence that the board is tackling important issues holistically and not plagued by groupthink.

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Groupthink Banking CEO Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2015

One of the greatest challenges of managing an enterprise today is that technology cycles often outpace planning cycles , so firms find themselves constantly having to adjust. In each case, the market leader had a chance to invest or partner with the upstart that eventually disrupted them. Wal-Mart and Sears. Netflix and Blockbuster.

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Groupthink Agility Diversity Information 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Additionally, you’re more prone to groupthink if you’re not exposed to diverse perspectives and points of view. ” He had spent a decade at a large technology company, rising to become an engineering director. But it occurred to him that his entire professional network consisted of people from that company.

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Industry Venture Capitalist Bond Groupthink 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2017

Taken together, all of us establish a “consensus” view on the markets. ” In other words, they didn’t want to hear the groupthink. When I worked on Wall Street, my professional circle was initially limited to other folks in the financial services sector: bankers, traders, analysts, economists.

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Career Groupthink Banking Video 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

The web did not invent community-driven brands – just think of Harley Davidson — but technology has surely made the strategy more popular. Pepsi actually lost market share and fell to number three in the cola wars for the first time in modern history. Marketing Strategy' Yet that’s exactly the problem.

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Media Marketing Strategy Groupthink Kaplan 10

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2025

Beyond the moral imperative of inclusivity, a robust diversity strategy helps organizations capture fresh perspectives, enhance market adaptability, and maintain stakeholder trust. Board members who bring new market insights or cultural understanding can help organizations pivot and innovate more effectively.

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Diversity Groupthink McKinsey Committee 195

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2025

Understanding the Role of Board Evaluation in Effective Governance Board evaluations are more than a procedural formality; they represent a structured opportunity to align an organizations leadership with evolving market conditions.

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360-Degree Feedback Benchmarking Groupthink Objective 195