Class Discussion March 20: Collective Action and Decision-making James Surowiecki's excerpt on the wisdom of crowds presents some really compelling ideas. It would seem that crowds are more likely to ...

Trying to persuade people to abandon deeply held views often backfires, leaving groups entrenched and unable to move forward.

Advances in network science, artificial intelligence, and clinician networks may shift medical decisions from individual doctors to groups—and even AI models—at scale.

Decision-making is part of our daily lives. We spend our time making decisions big and small, whether it's what to eat, how to get to a place or how to plan tasks at work. Nothing could be more normal ...

Collective decision-making is hardly a perfect science. Broken processes, data overload, information asymmetry, and other inequities only compound the challenges that come from large, disparate ...

In early 2020, organizations sent people to work from home. At the Gates Foundation, our employees scattered around the country and the world. It was understandable; we wanted to be with our families, ...

Rational decision-making is different from reflex. It is a conscious process of choosing options from a range of more or less perceived possibilities. For humans, decision-making is often associated ...

In today’s rising authoritarianism, exhausting distraction tactics, and organizational contradictions, the question of how we lead is as important as what we fight for. Across movements and ...