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relevant article on "dysfunction momentum"

Submitted by alesnick on Sun, 04/04/2010 - 8:17pm.

A friend sent me this link, to a piece from the MIT Sloan Management Review. It discusses research into failed attempts to fight fires, drawing implications about how "organizational momentum tends to continue unabated unless purposefully interrupted" via such approaches as "situated humility," being open to diverse perspectives, voicing of concerns, and skepticism re: experts:
http://sloanreview.mit.edu/the-magazine/articles/2010/spring/51306/learning-when-to-stop-momentum/?utm_source=Publicaster&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=April%202%20enews%20gen

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