TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nemeth,Charlan
TI  - In defense of troublemakers: the power of dissent in life and business 
SN  - 9780465096299
AV  - HM1033 .N46 2018
U1  - 302 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - New York
PB  - Basic Books
KW  - Social psychology
KW  - Thought and thinking
KW  - Creative thinking
KW  - Social influence
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: fear consensus love dissent -- Majorities versus troublemakers: the art of persuasion -- Numbers rule -- Even one dissenter makes a difference -- Dissent as an art in changing hearts and minds -- Consensus versus dissent: consensus closes the mind but dissent opens the mind -- Consensus narrows thinking and kills rationality -- Dissent diversifies and strengthens thinking -- Groupthink versus groups of thinkers: groups often make terrible decisions, but can make better ones when we encourage discussion and dissent -- Group decisions: often in error never in doubt -- Diversity and devil's advocates -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index
ER  -