Quiet: Post #3--Groupthink

The New Groupthink: Over-collaboration can actually hurt creativity. Studies at Berkeley to identify the most creative people showed that more creative people were introverts. For them, solitude was a catalyst. The New Groupthink has schools and corporations over-organizing in groups and teams. Most leaders and pundits like Gladwell and Buffet—as well as 91% of all managers—herald the power of groups. Over 70% of employees work in open space, and individual space per employee has been cut in half. Clearly, there has been a shift “from 

I to we.”