Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Group Think

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On 2 Jul 2011, at 11:58 AM, Robin Alexander wrote:

> Very interesting and counter-intuitive to me. Where I have seen group-think
> in action, the key characteristics of the group that led to it are 1) there
> is a sense of perceived danger from outside, 2) any hint of questioning the
> emerging policy is seen as disloyalty to the group itself (not just the
> policy) and is not to be tolerated. 

This isn't group think. This is coercion.

Group think is where groups don't realize they are not considering other ideas 
or that they may be wrong. Everyone feels so good going along with the group 
and being a part of the group that they just go along without questioning.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org