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EPISODE · Dec 25, 2015 · 17 MIN

Group Thinking

from The Why Factor · host BBC World Service

Anyone who has ever been in a meeting has seen the phenomenon of "Groupthink" first hand. The will of the crowd over shadows the wisdom of individuals and it can lead to dangerous consequences. Mike Williams asks why humans succumb to "Groupthink" and how we fight the tendency to follow the herd even if it leads to very perilous outcomes.(Photo: A meeting. Credit: Shutterstock)

Episode metadata supplied by the publisher feed · Published Dec 25, 2015

Anyone who has ever been in a meeting has seen the phenomenon of "Groupthink" first hand. The will of the crowd over shadows the wisdom of individuals and it can lead to dangerous consequences. Mike Williams asks why humans succumb to "Groupthink" and how we fight the tendency to follow the herd even if it leads to very perilous outcomes.(Photo: A meeting. Credit: Shutterstock)

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