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Preventing and Participating in Groupthink

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How have you prevented groupthink in the groups of your life? Have you participated in group think? Give examples!

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The expert examines how to prevent and participate groupthink.

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Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon in which the decision-making of the group is prioritized over individual decision-making. There are positives and negatives to Groupthink. For example, it is quite advantageous to making large-scale decisions that affect great numbers of people. However, Groupthink can be a disadvantage in that it limits individual creativity ...

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