groupthink

"When I fall to the ground in the video, the word groupthink spills out of my head because I was assassinated by groupthink" , she said.

In last week's New Statesman, he said the MPC was "hobbled by groupthink" .

A form of groupthink certainly seems to have been at work in the climategate e-mails.

No doubt groupthink explains why some boards end up committing to an idiotic course of action.

"You're not caught up in the groupthink as much, " says Clint Carlson of Carlson Capital, a $6. 7 billion Dallas-based fund.

Of course he'll take the usual Washington abuse for ignoring senatorial groupthink, but Paul was actually right to vote no.

But how do outsiders interpret groupthink when they observe the behavior of a group and its members?

Guard against groupthink, a phenomenon in which a group fosters a feeling of infallibility by suppressing dissension and opposing views.

Mr Mauboussin argues that problems occur when diversity breaks down and "groupthink" starts to take over.

The answer is simple: Investment partnerships are the perfect breeding ground for groupthink.

This "groupthink" occurs when people copy one another.

Groups where members disagree and who display less groupthink are more likely to share unpooled information.

According to Dr List: "The swarm manages to block and prevent the kind of groupthink that can bedevil good decision making. "

Of course, Miller cautions, swarm behaviour in humans can have a downside, especially when it manifests as groupthink or peer pressure.

It is not just boards that suffer from groupthink; entire sectors do.

This helps you avoid groupthink, and it allows quieter individuals to contribute.

Boards are generally more wary of groupthink.

Don't fight the groupthink, use it.

We can combat groupthink by nurturing authentic dissent.

Analysis of the negative effects and causes of groupthink

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The Impact of Group Development on Groupthink