Getting Smarter Groups, By Avoiding Groupthink

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jan 7, 2015

Cass Sunstein describes why and how group decisions go wrong—and offers tactics and lessons to help leaders avoid the pitfalls and reach better outcomes. His book, Wiser: Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter, co-authored by Reid Hastie, draws on examples from a broad range of organizations—from Google to the CIA.

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