Clarion call for critical thinkers: A cure for group-think

Going from good practice to great

Cognition and cognitive dissonance in the boardroom is getting much more air time.

It is perhaps tangential to the dominant diversity debate, yet the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) notes: "The boardroom should be a place for robust debate where challenge, support, diversity of thought and teamwork are essential features. "Diversity of skills, background and personal strengths is an important driver of a board's effectiveness, creating different perspectives among directors, and breaking down a tendency towards'group think'." How true but is it really? From a culture perspective, the idea of a NED 'afterlife' was alluring to me; a means to step back from a prev...