This is the sort of book review which really adds value to the original tome. Dr Alice Evans reviews the above titled book by Michele Gelfand, and does an outstanding job of outlining the main theory - that the sense of external threat (lack of security) promotes homogeneity / groupthink, whilst diversity of thinking only emerges when that that sense of threat is reduced. ‘
Threat inflation’ then is an effective technique for forging internal alignment, a technique we can clearly see if we take one step back from the latest media furore. Can this technique be applied to company culture? Would it be ethical to do so? Has anyone done it??
Lots to ponder in an accessible essay.