“Groupthink seems like a safe path. But no inventor/researcher finds what he seeks there” — Henk Mutsaers Copy Share Image
Sisterhood is a powerful metaphor; it ought not become a synonym for groupthink. — Kathleen Hall Jamieson Copy Share Image
It's so easy for folks to normalize their opinions, to engage in a groupthink that is damaging. — Amitava Kumar Copy Share Image
Being a wiseass in a groupthink environment is like throwing an egg at a bulldozer. — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
“Groupthink. It’s called groupthink. And there is no need for a surrogate when we talk one to the other.” — Sean Platt Copy Share Image
“Conspiracy is unnecessary, when everyone thinks the same. ― George Draffan, via: Derrick Jensen - Endgame, Volume 1” — George Draffan Copy Share Image
I'm someone who does not like a bunker mentality and does not like groupthink. — Bill de Blasio Copy Share Image
No president is well-served by groupthink or by everybody singing from the same sheet of music they think he's on. — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
“An overemphasis on teamwork and consensus can cause a kind of mental lethargy. If you subordinate your own expectations to the expectations… — Vincent H. O'Neil Copy Share Image
“Those who speak of their anger, their mistrust, or their dislike of certain groups tend not to see any contradiction in this… — Dr Val Thomas Copy Share Image
Solitude is out of fashion. Our companies, our schools and our culture are in thrall to an idea I call the New… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“But I still wonder how it was possible, in those graceless years of transition, long ago, that men did not see whither… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Twitter is a much more dangerous cauldron of group-think than happy hours or dinners. On Twitter, the reward comes from agreeing or… — David Weigel Copy Share Image
The tendency of those committed to the theory of catastrophic man-made global warming to unquestioningly adopt the assumptions, at every stage, that… — Peter Lilley Copy Share Image
I think a lot of the best ideas come from the grassroots; I'm someone who does not like a bunker mentality and… — Bill de Blasio Copy Share Image
“As long as we measure a person's psychological health by the degree to which he or she accepts social conventions, we will… — Arno Gruen Copy Share Image
This is in us: a certain sense of denial, a certain sense of groupthink. This is not something that sits on one… — Craig Mazin Copy Share Image
We need people to point out groupthink - We need people to point out stale, old, dumb thinking - and we sometimes… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
“What kind of men, then, does our society need? What is the "social character" suited to twentieth century Capitalism? It needs men… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Leaders can get stuck in groupthink because they're really not listening, or they're listening only to what they want to listen to,… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
Think for yourself. Unplug yourself from follow-the-follower groupthink, and virtually ignore what everyone else in your industry is saying (except the ones… — Steve Pavlina Copy Share Image
“Mob is not the plural of man, he said. We’re dealing with a different species, that has kaleidoscopes in the hollows of… — Ursule Molinaro Copy Share Image
...remember the dangers of the New Groupthink. If it's creativity you're after, ask your employees to solve problems alone before sharing their… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Telling people that they are racist—on the basis of immutable characteristics, using incomprehensible definitions that they may not know or understand—then claiming… — Dr Val Thomas Copy Share Image
“There is no need for us all to be alike and think the same way, neither do we need a common enemy… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
“When you're a malleable teenager seeking the approval of others, you can find yourself conforming to what you think other people's tastes… — Danica Roem Copy Share Image
“Most of you,' he went on, 'already know how I have been able to limit the area of investigation in a first… — René Daumal Copy Share Image
“History is a sad testament to the limitations of external change, or changing things from the outside. A dime a dozen and… — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
In order to achieve something, in competition with the powerful and smartly wielded influence of corporations, we need to join forces and… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
“Groups have powerful self-reinforcing mechanisms at work. These can lead to group polarization—a tendency for members of the group to end up… — James Montier Copy Share Image
“It is not impossible, however, to deliberately stave off the dangers of groupthink. Irving Janis proposed a list of ways to do… — Kathryn Schulz Copy Share Image
“For it is dangerous to attach one's self to the crowd in front, and so long as each one of us is… — Seneca Copy Share Image
