Category:Pursuing Collective Wisdom

When are two heads better than one? Sometimes collaborating with others to make decisions engages the best efforts of the group in considering more options, understanding additional points of view, considering more evidence, expanding the range of problems and solutions considered, deliberating effectively, gaining insights, discovering new possibilities, challenging unfounded assumptions, uncovering unexpected expertise, increasing creativity, engaging remarkable efforts, and almost magically making wiser decisions than you could have made by yourself. Other times group decision making degenerates into argument, conflict, fragmentation, misunderstanding, manipulation, obstruction, disengagement, animosity, sniping, groupthink, and deadlock.