Groupthink¶
American Psychological Association. (2023). Groupthink. APA Dictionary of Psychology.
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Mechanisms¶
- Executive-Guided Co-Design
- … subtle: if the executive frame is drawn too tightly, or the executive dominates the room, co-design becomes decorative and the group simply converges on the boss's opening sketch — a design-room version of groupthink, where the appearance of agreement suppresses the very constraints the workshop exists to surface.
This sourceDefines groupthink as concurrence seeking that impairs decision making and can produce apparent unanimity, interpersonal pressure, and self-censorship.
- … subtle: if the executive frame is drawn too tightly, or the executive dominates the room, co-design becomes decorative and the group simply converges on the boss's opening sketch — a design-room version of groupthink, where the appearance of agreement suppresses the very constraints the workshop exists to surface.
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