Category: Groupthink

Organizational Silence

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Comments on an interesting article, “Sounds of Silence”, in Stern Business by Morrison and Milliken. The article is about the ubiquitous situation in which employees know about certain issues and problems that their organization faces but do not dare to speak the truth to their superiors. The article likens this to a CEO who has […]

Men’s Wearhouse Case Study

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This article discusses a Case Study from the Stanford Graduate School of Business that is subtitled: Success in A Declining Industry. The founder, George Zimmer, opened his first store back in 1973, at a time when competitors were closing their doors. From opening to the time of the article (1997) the Men’s’ Wearhouse enjoyed 30% […]

Senate Report on Pre-Iraq War Intelligence

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The report is 500 pages long and details more than 100 conclusions including that intelligence estimates of Iraqi weapons programs were “either overstated or were not supported by the underlying intelligence reporting.” The report essentially outlines a blunder of groupthink in reaching the unwarranted conclusion that Iraq was actively pursuing nuclear, chemical and biological weapons […]