In Defense of Troublemakers: The Power of Dissent in Life and Business

In Defense of Troublemakers: The Power of Dissent in Life and Business
Table of contents :

Introduction: Fear consensus, love dissent --

Part I. Majorities versus troublemakers: the art of persuasion --
Numbers rule --
Even one dissenter makes a difference --
Dissent as an art in changing hearts and minds --

Part II. Consensus versus dissent: closed minds versus open minds --
Consensus narrows thinking --
and kills rationality --
Dissent diversifies --
and strengthens thinking --

Part III. Groupthink versus groups of thinkers --
Group decisions: often in error, never in doubt --
Better decisions: dissent, diversity, and devil's advocates --

Conclusions.



First Published April 12, 2019 Book Review

https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840619845998