The Hippo
An important goal of the 2 pizza rule is to prevent groupthink, a phenomenon that occurs when a large group’s need for consensus overrides the judgment of individual group members.
The rule also discourages HiPPO, an acronym that stands for the "highest paid person’s opinion" or the "highest paid person in the office." HiPPO describes the tendency for lower-paid employees to defer to higher-paid employees when a decision has to be made.
467
6.71K reads
CURATED FROM
IDEAS CURATED BY
19 | Generalist, Content Creator, Student at Christ University. Stashing about entrepreneurship, self-help, spirituality and the most interesting stuff I read.
The idea is part of this collection:
Learn more about corporateculture with this collection
How to write clearly and concisely
How to use proper grammar and punctuation
How to structure a business document
Related collections
Similar ideas to The Hippo
Bandwagon Bias
It occurs when you adopt a belief just because more people hold that belief. This bias can lead to groupthink, which is the tendency for group members to over-conform to a leader.
Many work meetings become unproductive due to bandwagon bias and groupthink because team members don’t f...
8 — The Fallacy of Overgeneralizing
On the other hand, there is a tendency to overgeneralize.
This mental trap can distort your perception of reality. And it will lead you to broad and negative conclusions based on limited experience.
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates