Some people talk to think, while the others think to talk. If we don't provide for these two different scenarios, we may lose good ideas to conformity bias.
Group decision making makes space for the minority voice and the people who don't speak often. For example, a common approach during Sprint Retrospectives is to use silent brainstorming. Silent brainstorming is where we ask team members to work as individuals initially, for example, to write their ideas down on post-it notes first. We wait until everyone is finished transcribing their ideas before we share them with the group.
Silent brainstorming enables us to hear all the voices in the room without individuals being swayed by the person who speaks the first, the ...
