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Address groupthink with the "New Devil’s Advocate" role in team discussions

Research from University College London, University of New South Wales and NOVA University Lisbon

📋 Introduction

Paper Title: Playing the new devil's advocate role in facilitated modelling processes to address group homogeneity
Year of Publication: 2023
Journal: Journal of the Operational Research Society
Authors: Giovanni Cunico (UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, University College London; Business School, University of New South Wales), Nici Zimmermann (UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, University College London), Nuno Videira (CENSE - Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research & CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon)

Why this matters

When people with similar backgrounds and opinions work together, they might not consider important perspectives. This can lead to lower-quality results. The New Devil's Advocate (NDA) role helps bring in missing viewpoints to improve outcomes.

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