Get real ideas out of a group, not just from whoever talks first
the same two people talk first in every ideas session, everyone else nods along, and the meeting ends with variations on what was said in the first five minutes.
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Susan Cain · 2012
Makes the research case against talk-it-out brainstorming: production blocking, the New Groupthink, and Wozniak building the Apple I alone before anyone saw it.
Daniel Kahneman · 2011
Names why the first speaker wins: anchoring. And gives the fix Kahneman used himself: everyone writes their view down before the discussion starts.
The prompt
My situation: [describe the meeting, who's in it, who tends to speak first, and what keeps coming out of it]
Use Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain (2012) and Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (2011) to help.
Recall any details from the whole book that help, including names, numbers, scenes, or cases that are not the most famous chapter titles.
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