Most of us are well aware that groupthink—the phenomenon in which decision-making is ruled by the ease of conformity—is bad for business. When our workplace falls into groupthink, we become complacent ...

This is the fifth the Behavioral Finance and Macroeconomics series. We will explore the effect behavior has on markets and the economy as a whole--and how advisors who understand this relationship can ...

Getting along with your fellow astronauts can be dangerous. Too much consensus -- what some psychologists call "groupthink" -- can keep crews from being creative in a crisis. But a new study found ...

Groupthink can be a powerful destructive force. Easily misunderstood as the values that sustain the organization, groupthink is more tied to the “view of the predominant group” and is “characterized ...

I once worked at a politically correct company. Seriously, the whole company was that way. Everyone was treated equally, people rarely cursed in meetings, everyone sat in cubicles so nobody raised ...

The concept of "groupthink," first identified by Irving Janis, refers to the phenomenon in which group members quickly align on certain decisions without critically evaluating or suppressing ...

A Democrat and former New York official warned the party Tuesday against groupthink, arguing it can lead to "dangerous places" as President Biden finds himself underwater in the latest Fox News ...

Ever wonder how social norms occur? Those that openly support the majority viewpoint on an issue are lauded so that behavior is reinforced. Dissenters, on the other hand, are denounced so they clam up ...

When I watched the film “Pirate Radio,” I laughed, learned and was transported back to the rock ‘n’ roll rebellion of the ’60s in the United Kingdom. I had no idea that the U.K.’s only licensed radio ...

Robert Jervis is a political science and international politics professor at Columbia University and a consultant to the CIA. In an unusual foray into psychological diagnostics, the Senate ...