Comments on: Rethinking the Groupthink http://www.afs.org/blog/icl/?p=2083 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:44:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Corliss Edge http://www.afs.org/blog/icl/?p=2083#comment-1651 Corliss Edge Wed, 19 Sep 2012 03:50:50 +0000 http://www.afs.org/blog/icl/?p=2083#comment-1651 We really do not have a real debate; I agree with your perspective on groupthink but my experience with groupthink 1.0 was less than spectacular. I am in a doctoral program and the without collaboration I would have drowned a year ago. Bouncing ideas off colleagues helps to stimulate my learning experience, but ultimately, I have to go back to my corner to create. People like Steve Jobs, Gates, or Warren Buffet are all introverts and anomalies but they put in the work and sacrifice to get to the top. In addition, they had to collaborate to take their products or worth to the next level. We really do not have a real debate; I agree with your perspective on groupthink but my experience with groupthink 1.0 was less than spectacular. I am in a doctoral program and the without collaboration I would have drowned a year ago. Bouncing ideas off colleagues helps to stimulate my learning experience, but ultimately, I have to go back to my corner to create. People like Steve Jobs, Gates, or Warren Buffet are all introverts and anomalies but they put in the work and sacrifice to get to the top. In addition, they had to collaborate to take their products or worth to the next level.

]]> By: Lucas Hackradt http://www.afs.org/blog/icl/?p=2083#comment-1521 Lucas Hackradt Sun, 02 Sep 2012 20:01:30 +0000 http://www.afs.org/blog/icl/?p=2083#comment-1521 great post! and very true debate we have here. what we think and consider Groupthinking is nothing more than individual behaviour taken to a mass conjuncture. thinking about social media and stuff, one clearly sees that we are not really a whole, if not part of the whole - we are "junctions" in the web, but we do not represent the web itself. the internet has given people the power to express themselves, but the part we get confused with is that we still express ourselves as individuals. the web is, therefore, THE platform for the introvert, because it is where he can externalize that what he produces. social interaction is still important, but in the process of getting ideas, start molding whatever it is you do; in the process of actually creating, giving birth to something new, it is important though to be left alone. analyzing the impacts of social communication tools in the last decade is something quite important in order to understand the world we live in today... last year I wrote a big piece about that for a Brazilian magazine. also, I'd recommend seeing what AFS BFL is doing using social media. it's still small, but they do have some pretty good insights. great post! and very true debate we have here. what we think and consider Groupthinking is nothing more than individual behaviour taken to a mass conjuncture. thinking about social media and stuff, one clearly sees that we are not really a whole, if not part of the whole – we are “junctions” in the web, but we do not represent the web itself. the internet has given people the power to express themselves, but the part we get confused with is that we still express ourselves as individuals. the web is, therefore, THE platform for the introvert, because it is where he can externalize that what he produces. social interaction is still important, but in the process of getting ideas, start molding whatever it is you do; in the process of actually creating, giving birth to something new, it is important though to be left alone.

analyzing the impacts of social communication tools in the last decade is something quite important in order to understand the world we live in today… last year I wrote a big piece about that for a Brazilian magazine.

also, I’d recommend seeing what AFS BFL is doing using social media. it’s still small, but they do have some pretty good insights.

]]> By: Corliss Edge http://www.afs.org/blog/icl/?p=2083#comment-1505 Corliss Edge Sat, 01 Sep 2012 02:26:45 +0000 http://www.afs.org/blog/icl/?p=2083#comment-1505 This is a great article. I remember Groupthink; if I am not mistaken, it emerged in the United States as the Quality movement became popular. In one instance, we were talking empowerment and tiger teams in the workplace and Groupthink. We did brainstorming and shared ideas on Post Its. The military used Group Think to work like a well-oiled machine. The problem, if you are trying to grow leaders, this process was not promoting individual thinking and initiative. The younger generations needs interaction to make decision because of the Groupthink mentality. This is a great article. I remember Groupthink; if I am not mistaken, it emerged in the United States as the Quality movement became popular. In one instance, we were talking empowerment and tiger teams in the workplace and Groupthink. We did brainstorming and shared ideas on Post Its. The military used Group Think to work like a well-oiled machine. The problem, if you are trying to grow leaders, this process was not promoting individual thinking and initiative. The younger generations needs interaction to make decision because of the Groupthink mentality.

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