Are some work decisions best made alone?
According to NYU Stern professor Alexander Puutio, decision-making doesn’t always need to be a group activity.
While gathering diverse input and support from others is important, social influence can sometimes overpower the wisest thoughts, he warns.
Instead of listening to the loudest person in the room or the most senior member in a group, consider first forming your own sense of things based on the facts that you have.
At times, making judgment calls on your own can foster creativity and innovation that would have otherwise been shot down too quickly.
I like this article, especially the juxtaposition between the theory of Creative Destruction and the Dunning-Kruger effect, and our susceptibility to biases and cognitive blindspots when going it alone.
