Groupthink
topic on 4 shows · 6 statements across 4 episodes
We Live to Build 
Lenny's Podcast 
Capital Allocators 
20VC
6 statements about Groupthink, every show
Hide participants' written feedback until everyone submits to eliminate meeting groupthink
“And we do one specific thing is we have a little toggle at the top where we hide everybody else's pulses until everybody's done writing. It's how we remove groupthink.”
Creative industries breed groupthink because professionals try to minimize career risk
“And I started to see patterns where there are certain industries where there's some creativity involved, where it's difficult to connect cause and effect, that you just get these rules. People try to minimize career risk, and people try to sound smart. So you …”
Dennis Lennard: The desire to preserve harmony causes groupthink
“The number one factor that leads to groupthink is the desire not to upset people or to upset the balance or, you know, the positive feelings in the group and so on.”
Dennis Lennard: Hiring specific personality types cannot eliminate groupthink
“You cannot avoid it just by hiring a particular type of people. Of course, there are people for whom sort of the wellbeing of the group and the positive feeling while you're together is more important than for others, but nobody is immune.”
Dennis Lennard: Avoiding groupthink requires normalizing restarting product development from scratch
“What is very important at that point to avoid group thinking is having a culture where it's okay to realize that you've made a huge mistake, actually, not just a small one. And that you have to go back to do it from scratch.”
Kumar: Groupthink and consensus are the biggest enemies for venture firms
“I think the biggest enemy for venture firms is actually groupthink, and that kind of almost goes back to the solo GP versus a partnership type of a model. There's a lot of benefits to having partners and people Questioning and serving as a, as checks and balan…”