A fair percentage of leaders, especially in startups, professional groups and not-for-profits, pursue the holy grail of decision making by consensus. But it’s usually a bad idea, leading often to ...

The sixth installment of our quarterly Business Practice feature involves a group decision gone (or going) awry: You work in the corporate office of a national fast-casual restaurant as a marketing ...

In a small, highly aligned team, collective decision making can be efficient. But as an organization scales up, consensus-driven business decision making becomes a bottleneck. In the modern workforce, ...

From small committees to national elections, group decision-making can be complicated -- and it may not always settle on the best choice. That's partly because some members of the group do research on ...

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Each decision-making method has its strengths and is appropriate under certain circumstances. Each also has particular consequences for the group’s future operation. An effective group understands ...

OK, group decicion-making may not be the most momentous problem, but it is one of the most frequently annoying. Making everyday choices with other people often goes something like this: You and your ...

How we make decisions together when we are looking to maximize the benefit to all is an important area of research, and important for the survival of our species. We’re passing the point where we can ...

We all work in groups sometimes. We brainstorm in groups. Students work on group projects. Even faculty at universities work in committees, and our research projects are generally collaborations.

When groups of people need to reach a decision, they will often take a straw poll to test opinions before the official vote. New research shows that one specific voting method proved more effective ...