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Thursday, October 28, 2021

Danger of groupthink or double think in organization; having debates and devil's advocate is health

It is more fun criticizing







Organizations  as the military of the church cant afford to have unquestioned decisions that are based on weak assumptions or one man's conclusion.  The best example is the defeat of the Japans Imperial Navy at the battle of Midway -  ie  Japan drawing  baiting Americans to fight battle at Midway and Japan destroying its fleet.  The reverse happened

In critical thinking, it wise to question the  hypothesis for the decision.   The church appoints a devil's advocate to question the decision find weaknesses in the flow so that the final decision should be strong and free from failures.   Such did not exist for the Japanese Navy bowing and deferring to Admiral Yamamotos influence..  But individual vision and decision can be flawed  Let us be aware of that   That is why advisory councils, the Board are useful structures in organization