Groupthink is the loss of critical thinking as a consequence of cohesion and conflict avoidance. Groupthink can be avoided if the culture rewards critical thin

Groupthink is the loss of critical thinking as a consequence of cohesion and conflict avoidance. Groupthink can be avoided if the culture rewards critical thinking. That includes: - team members should be free to dissent from the majority if there's a reason. - team members should keep a reasonable level of skepticism when it comes to other members' claims. if someone shows high confidence, that confidence should be also be subject to skepticism. - if someone wishes to communicate their opinion, it needs to be done explicitly. e.g: in my opinion, <opinion here>. Interleaving opinions and facts creates unnecessary noise and bias. Usage of superlatives should be kept to a minimum as well.