When everyone agrees too quickly, be wary: false consensus leads to bad decisions.
Decode the negative phenomenon of groupthink. Promote diversity and constructive criticism by capitalising on differing views and rooting out stereotypes and bias.
15 min at your own paceAvailable in FR + ENNo prerequisites
You will walk away with
- the mechanics of groupthink: when the search for consensus kills diversity
- the beetle bias and conformity bias, decoded
- the 7 questions for allowing divergence and healthily challenging ideas
Target audience
Anyone interested in diversity and inclusion issues.
Learning objectives
- Spot and reduce the beetle bias and conformity bias
- Encourage diversity and inclusion without sliding into groupthink
- Prevent groupthink by allowing room for divergence
- Foster the open confrontation of opposing ideas
Module outline
- Articles
- The beetle bias: a cognitive bias favouring people who resemble us
- Conformity bias, or groupthink: the dangers of one-track thinking in a group
- The 7 questions for avoiding groupthink
- Expert video“Inclusion Gone Wrong: Groupthink”5'17Explains how a group's drive for inclusion can go astray when it pursues consensus at all costs
- AnchoringQuiz and True/False to dig deeper into the topic and anchor what you've learned
- Memo cardDownloadable coaching memo card: the key points from the expert video
- CommitmentConcrete examples to help you define your own commitment
- BonusA selection of videos to go further (TED, YouTube)
