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Austin leads Experience Design at Avanade’s Houston studio where he teaches design thinking and workshop facilitation and delivers product design and development for Avanade’s clients. Visit the author at https://agux.co

Since 1998, Austin has built products and services for some of the world’s largest enterprises, including global industry leaders like ExxonMobil, Comcast, Verizon, Ashley Furniture, and The World Bank. His experience includes omnichannel marketing and ecommerce, employee experience, and product development.
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How to mitigate groupthink in workshops

 

Published August 10, 2025

Groupthink happens when your group settles on ideas too quickly. The group coalesces around a set of ideas before they've considered the broader landscape or alternative solutions.

During the early parts of design thinking or collaborative workshops, groupthink works against the divergent thinking you want to facilitate. Instead of generating many diverse options (di

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