Tom Krieglstein breaks down his "three Ds" framework: Define, Debate, and Decide. Groups that fall into groupthink are 30% more likely to make bad decisions, so teams need to move deliberately from discussion to a concrete choice.
Every team needs what I call the three Ds of team alignment that will increase productivity, profitability and efficiency. The second D, which is to decide. This is the critical moment where the rubber meets the road and a decision has to be made. You've had the debate, you brought in the diverse ideas and now we gotta move forward with a decision. But you gotta be careful again because you might fall into the trap of groupthink. That's when again you look around your group and you see everyone just nodding your head and just agreeing with it because the person before them agreed with it. It's a dangerous dynamic that plays out in almost every group. In fact, there was a study by the American Psychological association that found that groups that get influenced by group think because no one calls it out and the leader doesn't challenge it have a 30% chance of making a poorer decision and.
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