It’s time we tossed out that individual model and replaced it with one better suited to the world in which we actually live. We can begin by identifying those ways in which thinking with a group is different from thinking on our own, and by instituting new practices that support the smooth operation of the group mind. Once these practices are put into place, research shows, a group can think more efficiently and more effectively than any one of its members—a phenomenon that psychologists call “collective intelligence.”
