Why do groups make bad decisions even when everyone involved is intelligent and well-intentioned?

This episode uses The Traitors as a pressure test for real human behaviour. By stripping away politeness and certainty, it reveals how trust forms, how beliefs harden, and why productivity often collapses in groups under pressure.

The focus isn’t the TV show itself, but what it exposes about information, bias, emotional control, and short-term thinking – and how misunderstanding these patterns quietly drains energy at work and in life. QUOTE 

“Productivity collapses when attention shifts from truth to comfort.” Carter Ferguson (Host) 

LINKS
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QUOTES
“The trust of the innocent is the liar’s most useful tool.” Stephen King
“The one who controls the narrative controls the group.” Marshall McLuhan
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” Aristotle
“Where there is fear, there is haste.” Seneca
“He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.” Confucius
“What is avoided is rarely escaped.” Baltasar Gracián
“It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life.” Jean-Luc Picard

THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY
Fraser Coull of Silly Wee Films

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REFERENCES
The Traitors (UK & US)
Information asymmetry
Confirmation bias
Group decision-making under uncertainty
Emotional regulation and perceived credibility
Short-term safety vs long-term trust

Please check out my friends shows:
FILM FIGHTS WITH FRIENDS PODCAST with Stephen Koepfer and Paul Varacchi (etc)
THE FILMMAKERS PODCAST with Giles Alderson (etc.)
THE HORROR CUT with Stephen Kerr and Gary Hewitt
WILDE WORLD with David Wilde
FILMMAKING CONVERSATIONS with Damian Swaby

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