Groupthink

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Cognition

Foundational Lexiconagreeing too much
Executive Parlanceconsensus pressure
Scholarly Discoursecollective rationality failure
Babel ZenithGroupthink
Origin: Irving Janis

Etymology & Meaning

When group harmony overrides critical thinking.

In the Boardroom

Teams that agree too quickly without real debate.

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