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“Being a wiseass in a groupthink environment is like throwing an egg at a bulldozer.”

Environment Eggs Throwing Groupthink Bulldozers

Book:The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion at the Twilight of the American Empire

Source: The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion at the Twilight of the American Empire

“...remember the dangers of the New Groupthink. If it's creativity you're after, ask your employees to solve problems alone before sharing their ideas. If you want the wisdom of the crowd, gather it electronically, or in writing, and make sure people can't see each other's ideas until everyone has had a chance to contribute.”

People Ifs Want Writing Ideas Problem Remember Asks Chance Creativity Danger Crowds Solve Employee Groupthink

Book:Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

Source: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“The tendency of those committed to the theory of catastrophic man-made global warming to unquestioningly adopt the assumptions, at every stage, that maximise the expectation of calamity should alert us that groupthink is driving the movement.”

Men Should Made Stage Movement Theory Expectations Climate Change Committed Driving Tendencies Assumption Global Warming Calamity Groupthink

Author:Peter Lilley

“Think for yourself. Unplug yourself from follow-the-follower groupthink, and virtually ignore what everyone else in your industry is saying (except the ones everyone agrees is crazy). Do your own research, draw your own conclusions, set your own course, and stick to your guns. When you're just starting out, people will tell you you're wrong. After you've blown past them, they'll tell you you're crazy. A few years after that, they'll (privately) ask you to mentor them.”

People Thinking Years Past Courses Asks Business Crazy Industry Draws Research Gun Agree Sticks Starting Conclusion Followers Mentor Starting Out Think For Yourself Groupthink

Author:Steve Pavlina

“I think a lot of the best ideas come from the grassroots; I'm someone who does not like a bunker mentality and does not like groupthink.”

Thinking Doe Ideas Mentality Grassroots Bunkers Groupthink

Author:Bill de Blasio

“Our senior officers knew the war was going badly. Yet they bowed to groupthink pressure and kept up pretenses. ...Many of my generation, the career captains, majors, and lieutenant colonels seasoned in that war, vowed that when our turn came to call the shots, we would not quietly acquiesce in halfhearted warfare for half-baked reasons that the American people could not understand.”

People War Reason Government Turns Half Careers Generations Authority Majors Shots Pressure Officers Warfare Captains Senior Pretense My Generation Colonels Lieutenants Groupthink

Book:My American Journey

Source: My American Journey

“No president is well-served by groupthink or by everybody singing from the same sheet of music they think he's on.”

Thinking Wells President Singing Sheets Groupthink

Author:Robert M. Gates