You don’t know Irving Janis’s name. But you’ve heard the term he invented: groupthink. A recent example occurred when a New York grand jury indicted Donald Trump on charges related to an alleged ...

Republicans in the Pennsylvania Legislature are trying to reinstate mandatory minimum sentences, which research has shown just drive up costs and don't stop crime. Rather than putting the good of the ...

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Groupthink is the term used when decision-making groups make hasty and premature decisions without doing the critical evaluation work required for making well-thought-out and good decisions.

Groupthink is a familiar manifestation of the inertia of no. It’s easier to see other people get hoodwinked by groupthink than it is to identify it in our midst. Groupthink Defined Irving Janis coined ...

Being elected to the Newport Beach City Council or even being appointed to fill a vacancy or serve on a commission in no way conveys any special omniscience. Several members of the council recently ...

This is the fifth the Behavioral Finance and Macroeconomics series. We will explore the effect behavior has on markets and the economy as a whole--and how advisors who understand this relationship can ...

When I listen to the political pundits, view hateful vitriolic political advertisements and anticipate the 2014 national election, I can't help but think of the dangers of "groupthink." The term ...