Insular cultures produce groupthink, don’t evolve as fast as others, and thus pose an existential threat to organizations. Instead, think and lead from the outside-in to ensure your culture and ...

You don’t know Irving Janis’s name. But you’ve heard the term he invented: groupthink. A recent example occurred when a New York grand jury indicted Donald Trump on charges related to an alleged ...

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There’s a slippery slope in the climb toward social acceptance. Why do people do what they do to be part of something, not just in college environments but in foreign policy war rooms, in workplaces, ...

Last year in my introduction to sociology class, the professor briefly went over Irving Janis’ “Groupthink Theory.” I had not thought of the theory since that final, but for some reason, when I heard ...

The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Yet, ironically, MAHA’s ...

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.

The recent, scathing report by former FBI director Louis Freeh detailing the cover-up of child-sexual abuse at the highest levels of Penn State‘s leadership has been parsed a million ways, but the ...

William H. Whyte, author of the classic sociological commentary "The Organization Man," coined the term groupthink in a 1952 article that appeared in Fortune magazine in reference to the culture of ...

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