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The Tenth Man Rule: How to Take Devil's Advocacy to a New Level
A reflection on the Tenth Man Rule, a form of institutionalised devil's advocacy. How can we benefit from a professional pain in the neck?
Lastly, companies have long discovered the benefits of making “critical thinking and contrarian viewpoints part of the process” to combat groupthink. Good luck making it a board member’s life mission to prove your organisation made the wrong choice with the new coffee machine. Members of a tenth-man council must be prepared to spend years of their life working under the assumption that their most deeply ingrained personal beliefs are false.
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