Mammalian brain · Social Drives & Status
Social Loafing
Individual effort falls when output is pooled and nobody can be identified; committees decide worse and slower for the same reason.
An everyday example
A due-diligence 'team' where everyone assumed someone else read the contract.
What it can cost you
Decisions nobody actually made; responsibility diffused until it is gone.
Warning signs
- Everyone assumed someone else did it.
- No single person owns the call.
One thing to do
Name one owner per decision and per document; pooled responsibility is no responsibility.
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