Re: Group Think - Apathy is a Factor
From: Norman Gauss (normangausscharter.net)
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 22:40:38 -0700 (PDT)
If a proposal is presented at a meeting that interests relatively few
people, but needs the consensus of everybody, group think is likely to be in
force for those people who give approval but really don't care one way or
the other.  More likely, in their apathy, they are bored and just want to
move on to another topic.

Norm Gauss
Oak Creek Commons
Paso Robles, CA

-----Original Message-----
From: Sharon Villines [mailto:sharon [at] sharonvillines.com] 
Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 5:12 PM
To: Cohousing-L
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Group Think



On 3 Jul 2011, at 6:27 PM, Racheli Gai wrote:

> I don't believe that people naturally and easily think the same.  Yes, 
> they do sometimes, but all the time?

People choose their contexts and tend to choose familiarity and similarity.
The context of this discussion is decision-making groups. I find that teams
tend to become filled with people who think the same way. People who don't
think that way change teams. It's more pleasant.

Rob Sandelin used to say that cohousing communities grew less and less
diverse over the years, not more diverse. 

People with similar backgrounds, likes and dislikes, etc. will tend to think
more alike than those who don't share those backgrounds. That's what leads
to group think. Otherwise group think wouldn't exist.

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




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