Research:
How to Build Consensus Around a New Idea
New research from ILR HR Studies Associate Professor Devon Proudfoot in Harvard Business Review's "Research: How to Build a new Consensus Around a New Idea" supports that differing templates for evaluation can lead to major differences in perceptions of worth for the same idea. She also found that the conflict caused by differing beliefs in worth can also lead to negative evaluations of new ideas, and offers suggestions for managers looking to persuade others to agree with a new proposal.