That’s the uncomfortable truth at the heart of confirmation bias — the tendency to seek out, favour, and remember information that supports what we already believe, while quietly discounting anything that contradicts it. It happens to intelligent, well-intentioned people every day.
There are the two words which determine whether you move forward, stay still or move backwards? Are you a “yes, but” person or a “yes, […]
Decisive leaders are admired and respected. They gather a following where, as the saying goes, people will walk over broken glass for them.
Leading a meeting and playing chess are strategically similar Would you like to lead a meeting as strategically as Beth Harmon plays chess? Would you […]
En bloc simply means “as a whole”. It’s a very effective technique to deal with a range of items (which have disagreement) as one motion or one decision.
Every person makes their decisions differently. But some rely heavily on facts, and others on opinion.
Consensus sounds wonderful in theory. Everyone agrees. Everyone’s happy. The decision moves forward with full buy-in. What’s not to love?
Quite a lot, as it turns out.
Is your team so focused on one person’s opinion that they’ve stopped thinking for themselves? It’s called sunflower bias. Walk through a field of sunflowers […]