How the Wise Decide

Fill a room with barbarians, say Bryn Zeckhauser and Aaron Sandoski in How the Wise Decide (Crown Business), a culture of candor: "Participants accept and embrace the highly charged atmosphere of the room. Everyone is expected to come prepared and to have an opinion." Bosses, too, must be prepared for a critique: "Truth is the goal, and when the decision finally emerges, everyone is expected to sign on to support it."
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