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Common-knowledge effect: A bias in team decision making
Teams often make worse decisions than individuals by relying too much on widely understood data while disregarding information possessed by only a few individuals.
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Teams often make worse decisions than individuals by relying too much on widely understood data while disregarding information possessed by only a few individuals.
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