Be open to a network of partners. Become more collaborative with other departments and less isolated. Attract and hold the best talent, and not lose the founding fathers within an Internet group. Training is taking a long-term perspective and addressing the need for a new organizational culture. For example, rather than having a single course, a series of homogeneous modules are delivered quarterly.
Upper management is involved in the presentation and the accountability.
Prior to this training delivery, the entire appraisal system was modified to help reinforce the training. One of the keys was to reinforce what has already been learned rather than present new ideas in an environment already suffering from overload. As with many entrepreneurs or risk-takers, they suffer from isolation, criticism, lack of resources, and support. Such a setting may tend to attract people with similar personalities, drives, and needs which further separates them from the mainstream. The Group Think phenomenon was typified by the decision to launch the Challenger.