When you think about team dynamics and workplace productivity, it’s easy to get trapped in the idea that alignment in thinking is the best path forward; after all, the mindset unity offered by ...

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 ...

There’s a slippery slope in the climb toward social acceptance. Why do people do what they do to be part of something, not just in college environments but in foreign policy war rooms, in workplaces, ...

Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Ph.D., is a freelance journalist who regularly contributes to Discover Magazine. She reports on the social sciences, medical history, and new scientific discoveries. View Full ...

When you’re the new boss, it feels great to have employees agree with your decisions. But, agreement isn’t always a good thing, as one of my clients found out. “John” was new in his director-level ...

Groupthink is a familiar manifestation of the inertia of no. It’s easier to see other people get hoodwinked by groupthink than it is to identify it in our midst. Groupthink Defined Irving Janis coined ...

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 ...

Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon born of our innate desire to conform with others. First coined in 1972, the term specifically refers to the tendency for a group to make bad or poorly ...

Intense pressure on mainstream journalists to stick to the same narrative cripples our ability to conduct robust democratic debate. Frank Bruni, who covered George W. Bush's 2000 presidential campaign ...

Sir, – In "Organised religion provides balance to uncritical acceptance of facile 'groupthink'" (Opinion & Analysis, April 4th) Archbishop Eamon Martin claims, rather contradictorily, that organised ...