I had this exact problem this weekend, and I'm kinda salty. For one, I threw an engineering event, at 8pm to casually design a solution to a problem.
By 11PM, there was a leading idea, and I took time to think about everything. I questioned everything. Everyone was pestering me, the leader of this event, to acknowledge this was a fantastic solution.
I asked stupid questions, I asked great questions, I took time to think, I measured things, and I got crap for it. Someone even said I drank too much, which had nothing to do with my skepticism.
My conclusion-
>Group think took over badly
>others werent thinking, they gave answers like- 'You Just....' without thinking about how difficult each of the tasks. Or 'Thats not a big deal'.
>Non engineers will not be invited in the future, the gf of an engineer (who is a psychologist) was very persuasive on her idea.
I couldnt believe how strong group think was, it was unanimous. The next morning we woke up and realized the idea wasnt great.
By 11PM, there was a leading idea, and I took time to think about everything. I questioned everything. Everyone was pestering me, the leader of this event, to acknowledge this was a fantastic solution.
I asked stupid questions, I asked great questions, I took time to think, I measured things, and I got crap for it. Someone even said I drank too much, which had nothing to do with my skepticism.
My conclusion-
>Group think took over badly
>others werent thinking, they gave answers like- 'You Just....' without thinking about how difficult each of the tasks. Or 'Thats not a big deal'.
>Non engineers will not be invited in the future, the gf of an engineer (who is a psychologist) was very persuasive on her idea.
I couldnt believe how strong group think was, it was unanimous. The next morning we woke up and realized the idea wasnt great.
I'll take being a slow thinker.