MindSpin Team Building Activity for Brainstorming and Solution-Finding

Working with a corporate team to identify new product and service ideas, we quickly found the team falling victim to group-think. Following a short break, the people returned to find stacks of index cards at their table and the MindSpin guidelines on a Flip Chart.

5 Ways to Avoid Group Think

Group-Think: over time, a set of individuals working on a project will tend to think the same way, believe the same conclusions and results. This group mindset leads to psychological inertia, as new members are introduced instead of pursuing new ideas provided by “a fresh pair of eyes” the group tries to assimilate new members to existing thinking.