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contemporary phenomenon that I call
the New Groupthink—a phenomenon
that has the potential to stifle productivity
at work and to deprive
schoolchildren of the skills they’ll need
to achieve excellence in an increasingly
competitive world.
The New Groupthink elevates teamwork
above all else. It insists that creativity
and intellectual achievement
come from a gregarious place. It has
many powerful advocates.
“Innovation—the heart of the knowledge
economy—is fundamentally social,”
writes the prominent journalist
Malcolm Gladwell. “None of us is as
smart as all of us,” declares the organizational
consultant Warren Bennis, in his
book Organizing Genius, whose opening
chapter heralds the rise of the “Great
Group” and “The End of the Great
Man.” “Many jobs that we regard as the
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