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Groupthink: When Smart People Stop Thinking | Episode 154
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Groupthink isn’t about intelligence—it’s about pressure. In this episode, Ron and Kristin break down how rooms full of smart, experienced people can still make bad decisions when harmony overrides truth. From workplace meetings to politics and corporate failures, they explore the psychology behind conformity and why silence spreads fast.
Key Topics:
What groupthink is and how it shows up in everyday meetings
The Asch Conformity Experiment (Asch, 1950s) and tribal psychology
Why people stay silent (fear of rejection, embarrassment, retaliation)
The Milgram Experiment (Milgram…
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