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 saying "too many cooks spoil the broth" is well-known. It means that the more people involved in a task, the poorer the outcome. I find this expression holds true in the world of business where ...

Too many companies are stuck trying to replicate old-school brainstorming models in a remote world. The truth is, while traditional "groupthink" brainstorming was flawed in the boardroom, it kills ...

In our increasingly digital and interconnected world, the phenomenon of groupthink poses a significant threat to effective decision-making, particularly in remote work settings. As the philosopher ...

Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Andrew Harnik / Getty. Yet, ironically, MAHA’s core concern—that the nation’s most seasoned public-health experts have been rendered senseless over many years by ...

At the heart of the Trump administration’s Signal scandal lies the familiar psychological pitfall of groupthink Trust is the deeper psychological question at play in the Signal chat scandal, added ...

The Trump administration is by its own account devoted to stamping out obesity, cancer, and many other chronic diseases in America. But its public-health officials are also attuned to a very different ...