{"id":1206,"date":"2019-10-16T18:35:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T22:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/?p=1206"},"modified":"2019-10-16T18:35:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T22:35:29","slug":"group-think-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/2019\/10\/16\/group-think-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Group Think"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Groupthink is definitely a serious issue. However, it is integral to the solution for people to understand it\u2019s true definition. I love that Janis explains the definition against the commonly confused definition as \u201c <em>nondeliberate suppression of critical thoughts as a result of the internalization of the group\u2019s norms.. [not]&#8230; deliberate suppression on the basis of external threats of social punishment\u201d<\/em>. Both of these are issues that often sprout when there are leaders working together in groups. However, groupthink is almost more threatening due to its invisibility. It is hard for people to know, let alone to acknowledge when it\u2019s happening.<\/p>\n<p>The solution to the problem of groupthink is true inclusivity. Diversity insinuates that there are people of different characteristics or viewpoints, while inclusivity adds the empowerment piece to it all. Inclusivity allows enough cohesivity that everyone feels the power to speak up while also maintaining their individual authenticity and not letting their ideas get swallowed up by the group. The examples given in the article in conjunction with the movie all give great examples as to when and why even powerhouses like the United States can move very inefficiently. When the United States effectively uses its one \u201csecret weapon\u201d of diversity in all aspects, we will truly be <em>made great<\/em>. We have yet to do so but hopefully with acknowledging tendencies like these, we can correct these issues as we move forward. So we will never have to be in such a strenuous period of such avoidable nature, ever <em>again<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Groupthink is definitely a serious issue. However, it is integral to the solution for people to understand it\u2019s true definition. I love that Janis explains&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/2019\/10\/16\/group-think-2\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Group Think<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4156,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4156"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}