To prevent Groupthink and subsequent financial disaster, ranchers and ranch hands spend endless hours preparing young chicks to think independently. They simulate the sound of thunder by banging against the metal chicken house walls until the chickens become accustomed to the noise. Then, when the real event occurs, the birds will not react. In the absence of fear and Groupthink, the ranchers investment is secure and the chickens get to market. In humans, fires elicit a similar behavior.
Groupthink causes more fatalities and un-necessary injuries than does smoke or fire.
Again, what results is suffocation by Groupthink. These illustrations are classic examples of how passivity or insecurities can lead to business suffocation. Any of these manifestations are red flags, indications that Groupthink is alive and well, nibbling away at your profit potential or, in some cases, devouring profits. What you can do Stop suffocation. Institute a zero tolerance of this behavior.