Restore honor to groupthink – sage advice to collaborators

How have we allowed “groupthink” to describe a negative phenomenon? Groups are good. Thinking is good. And if everyone agrees that group collaboration is essential to making the work better, then how can it be inefficient and lead to small, consensus-laden thinking?

Well, here’s where your sage advice comes in: Collaboration by definition requires all involved to contribute. It doesn’t mean handing the responsibility off to a bigger group. It means stepping up and leading the group to superior holistic problem solving. When leaders bring whatever is needed to create target-relevant work and everyone brings a point of view and is heard, groups can make the work better–and do it on budget, on time and on strategy.

Happy groupthinking.