Women in Tech

Beginning in kindergarten, people have to learn to work in teams. Some like it, and some hate it. But teamwork isn’t going to go away anytime soon, so it behooves us to find the most efficient way to be a team player.

Typically people work in groups because packs produce better ideas. But groups may actually crush innovation rather than encourage it. Studies have indicated that people can be less likely to bring up new or unusual ideas, or to criticize other people’s ideas, because they feel intimidated about going against the will of the group—a phenomenon known as “groupthink.”