We live in a competitive world—one that will likely only become more competitive as more countries develop. The question is: How can we set ourselves apart from the pack when so many competitors might ...

Groupthink is the term used when decision-making groups make hasty and premature decisions without doing the critical evaluation work required for making well-thought-out and good decisions.

ALBANY — We all want to be part of the crowd. We want to belong. From an ethics perspective, conforming to group norms can be good but it can also be very bad. Groupthink is defined as the practice of ...

Are you a conformist controlled by groupthink? What got us thinking about this is how social influence can impact our decision-making. Conformity and groupthink are aligning one’s attitudes and ...

When organizations need to solve a problem, they often create a task force, selection panel, or steering/advisory committee. These groups are tasked with developing consensus around new ideas, such as ...

Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon born of our innate desire to conform with others. First coined in 1972, the term specifically refers to the tendency for a group to make bad or poorly ...