How do we move forward? How do I move forward? These questions have been haunting me for the past few months. In my experience, democracy has never seemed more fragile. And in my efforts to further ...

Years ago, I worked for a Fortune 40 corporation which, at the time, sported nearly 60,000 employees. As you might imagine, getting anything done required teamwork, active listening, and collaboration ...

Class Discussion March 20: Collective Action and Decision-making James Surowiecki's excerpt on the wisdom of crowds presents some really compelling ideas. It would seem that crowds are more likely to ...

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, ...

Collective decision-making is hardly a perfect science. Broken processes, data overload, information asymmetry, and other inequities only compound the challenges that come from large, disparate ...

Making decisions is a key function of leadership. Leaders must make complex decisions that affect the lives of their teams, businesses, and communities. Expertise in the fine art of making decisions ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Kiva Kolstein We’re ...

Collective decision-making is common in social animal species, including humans, and refers to decisions made by groups of individuals instead of single individuals themselves. These groups may be ...