Lessons for avoiding groupthink
Issue 32: Why solutions to groupthink involve more leadership, not less; liking for open-minded political allies; when people support economic redistribution; and a belated Happy Halloween!
Everyone knows—or thinks they know—the concept of groupthink. An overly chummy group of decision-makers care more about getting along than questioning their assumptions and end up making disastrous decisions. Groupthink is routinely invoked—by pundits, policy-makers, professors, and the public—every time there seems to have been wide-spread consensus ar…
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