Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Jonah Lehrer's article, "GroupThink" in The New Yorker , January 30, 2012 states that brainstorming seems like an ideal technique, a feel-good way to boost productivity. But there is a problem with brainstorming. It doesn't work. Scientific advances have lead to a situation where all the remaining problems are incredibly hard.

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The Idolbuster

JANUARY 15, 2013

Product development is always needed to make a new technology robust enough to work consistently in customer hands. He was a Scorpion , a “visionary” who felt that the technology should sell itself. But “ready for customers” is exactly what the CEO wanted to hear.

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Chartered Management Institute

JUNE 5, 2024

Companies with a diversity of thought and opinion avoid groupthink. I am a proud man of colour who happens to be gay,” he says. “I I am open about my identity so I create a space where others feel safe to do the same. It leads to better design, better services and better processes.

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Innovation Excellence

MAY 4, 2020

While many of the most impactful innovations of our time are based on advanced technology and decades of research and development work, there are likely just as many that are actually just novel but surprisingly simple approaches to solve a known problem. Creating outside the box innovations. This brings us to our next key ingredient.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2012

These formed after reading a great article by Susan Cain in the New York Times called "The Rise of the New Groupthink." I love this idea, and not just because I wrote a book about technology-facilitated collaboration and don't want it to be wrong.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

What impact will terahertz frequencies have on communication technologies? But overreliance on these firms leads to industry groupthink, and complexity-theory research tells us that it's impossible to predict the behavior of a large system (such as the world of tech innovation) beyond the next few moves.

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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. Diversity is the crucial element for group creativity.

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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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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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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Foster critical thinking : While much of the current discussions around data focus on the role of technology and AI, it is really the human side of the equation that will remain the biggest differentiator for teams and organizations. Here are three key talent management recommendations that should help your team to become more data-driven: 1.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2011

The response to concerns raised about civil liberties and civic culture (including on this site) ranged from skeptical ( "This is a spontaneous response of the crowd to an unfolding situation, merely taking advantage of current technology" ) to to hostile ( "What a load of GARBAGE!" ).

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Asia's largest IT service provider has built what it calls a global Co-Innovation Network (COIN), which includes technology partnerships with startups and VC firms in Silicon Valley as well as academic tie-ups with leading American universities such as MIT, Georgia Tech, and Stanford.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

He was convinced that this otherwise entirely pleasant socializing and socialization led invariably to a kind of groupthink among the community of experts. The rhymes may be about social patterns, the impact of technology, or how nations tend to adapt. His logic was simple. We all prize it. Study History.

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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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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2017

They think in digital terms and have the curiosity and drive to figure out how technology works. Hackers also know a thing or two about the limits of technology. This helps teams avoid tunnel vision and groupthink, and gets them thinking more creatively. They view every problem as an opportunity. Insight Center.

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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. Without cohesion, there is no common purpose, but without diversity groupthink will set in and eventually that purpose will lose relevance.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2016

The good news is that there are ways to consistently make better decisions by using practices and technologies based on behavioral economics. Most business decisions are collaborative, which mean groupthink and consensus work to compound our individual biases. A final reason is technology.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2015

Others, perhaps driven by their own narcissism, pick people who are like them, which kills diversity and breeds groupthink. Leading teams Collaboration Technology' Alternatively, they just assemble the smartest folks they can find.

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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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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2017

” In other words, they didn’t want to hear the groupthink. “It’s technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the result that makes our heart sing,” said Steve Jobs, who was the embodiment of interdisciplinary thinking. Discover Real Innovations.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 13, 2012

Collaboration is not a new concept, but globalization and new technologies have turned it into one of the best methods of competitive advantage available. Without diversity groupthink sets in. It’s not about how many people you can defeat, but rather about how many people you can help win. Diverse Group.

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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. Without cohesion, there is no common purpose, but without diversity groupthink will set in and eventually that purpose will lose relevance. Yet that’s exactly the problem.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 31, 2019

New technologies and new leadership styles are needed to succeed and win. Groupthink is a real thing. Drew Hiss launched his outsourced payroll and HR technology solutions company, Checkdate Solutions, in 1994. When we studied wisdom for our new book, we found many interesting qualities that it has versus knowledge.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2025

This sluggish pace underscores the need for organizations to view diversity not as a sideline initiative but as a core strategic imperative essential for fostering nuanced dialogue, minimizing groupthink, and ultimately bolstering shareholder returns.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2025

Evaluations also mitigate the risks of groupthink by identifying issues that may otherwise remain undetected and by ensuring a consistent infusion of fresh perspectives. N2Growth integrates innovative technologies, such as AI-driven analytics platforms, to assist boards in gathering and interpreting assessment data with speed and precision.

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