Eighty-three percent of large U.S. foundations seek input from some of the nonprofits they fund — along with other people, organizations, or communities directly affected by their funding. But ...

From small committees to national elections, group decision-making can be complicated—and it may not always settle on the best choice. That's partly because some members of the group do research on ...

Values-based decision making differs substantially from more traditional, top-down models of decision making in that everyone in an organization has a part to play in establishing and maintaining the ...

Groupthink is the term used when decision-making groups make hasty and premature decisions without doing the critical evaluation work required for making well-thought-out and good decisions.

Making the right decision can make or break your career. It can mean the difference between advancing in an organization or getting demoted or even fired. If you agree with that sentiment, great — and ...

A fair percentage of leaders, especially in startups, professional groups and not-for-profits, pursue the holy grail of decision making by consensus. But it’s usually a bad idea, leading often to ...

The research team received funding from the Ford Foundation to support this work. We surveyed foundation leaders from May to December 2020, asking them to estimate the extent to which their ...