Comments on: Group Think Doesn’t Always Work

By: Mitch

Mitch — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:55:51 +0000

I’m not going to lie; I’d have probably wanted to see it, but I know I’d have said it wasn’t a bad idea. I just might not have said it all that loudly; guess that’s the guy in me.

By: jeff

jeff — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:54:18 +0000

Totally agree. I know I find it helpful when my leaders do both and when I’m the leader in a group I find it helpful to do both. I would have loved to have been in the wahle meeting. Although I might not have vetoed the idea simply to watch it happen.

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By: Mitch

Mitch — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:01:02 +0000

Hi Jeff. Yes, you have to be ready to share your thoughts and ideas with everyone else, but I tend to change up, sometimes throwing my idea out first, other times waiting to see what others have to say about an idea before offering my thoughts. One has to be flexible enough to be able to change up when needed.

By the way, don’t you wish you’d been in that meeting when blowing up the whale came up?

By: jeff

jeff — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:40:55 +0000

First of all this is a hilarious video. I think you’re right in that groupthink isn’t always the best. But I also think if you want others to support whatever decision you’re going with wouldn’t it be just as well to throw your original idea which you’re leaning out there and demostrate to the group why you’re choosing that. Then after listening to others concerns explain why you’re making the decision that you’re going with. You’re certainly right there are times when someone just has to make a call and people won’t always agree. I think the advantage of having other people’s perspectives is usually beneficial.

By: Sire

Sire — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 05:02:38 +0000

Not really, not if you drag it out to sea and then blow it up.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0000

I don’t know that dragging it back out to sea would have helped the community much either, since it was a beach they were hoping to continue using. I think the best option was to cut it up and move it out; what they did closed that beach for a very, very long time.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:58:31 +0000

It’s not usually the best way to go, Beverly, but sometimes, if you’re in the lead spot, you have to be ready to make the decision you feel is the right one, especially if what you’re getting from everyone else is pretty bad, or uninformed. It’s the other side of good leadership that doesn’t get as much press.

By: Beverly Mahone

Beverly Mahone — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:21:25 +0000

As a journalist who sat in thousands of editorial meetings over the years, I can tell you the only voice that mattered in the end was the New Director’s and 99.9 percent of the time it was a MALE. It’s the person in the position of power who controls everyone else’s thinking. I will say though I was pretty persuasive in getting my points across from time to time because I’m not one to back down if I know I’m right. Some women would rather go along with the plan than have to put up a fight.

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By: Sire

Sire — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 08:34:00 +0000

It was pretty amazing. It probably would have been better to call the Japanese who could have used it for their experiments. Personally, I would have dragged it out to sea where the real scavengers could have had a feast. Sort of feel sorry for the guy with the car but seeing everybody running from the whale blubber would have been funny.

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By: Mitch

Mitch — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 08:05:54 +0000

That’s got to be pretty scary. I hope it resolves itself fairly.

By the way, what did you think of the video?