In 1986 the space shuttle Challenger tragically broke apart 73 secons into its flight
To launch the shuttle, individual team members must affirm each system is functioning nominally.
Experts who agreed overlooked the technical warning signs in favor of agreeing with their colleagues
As groups, we sometimes collectively agree to things we don’t believe just to avoid conflict.
See the full study here :
Janis, I. (1991). Groupthink. In E. Griffin (Ed.) A First Look at
Communication Theory (pp. 235 – 246). New York: McGrawHill https://williamwolff.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/griffin-groupthink-challenger.pdf
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