{
  "title": "Technical decisions: why familiar information takes precedence",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/communication-arbitrages-techniques-informations-partagees-neuchatel-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-02-13",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "A team can bring together all the expertise it needs and still overlook a decisive fact. Research suggests distinguishing information that circulates easily from information that should actually influence the decision.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Communication",
  "place": {
    "name": "Neuchâtel",
    "region": "Neuchâtel",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Garold Stasser and William Titus (1985, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology) showed in a group decision-making experiment that discussion favours information initially known to everyone over information held by just one person."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The mutual validation of familiar information",
      "point": "Gwen M."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "One might conclude that giving every function equal speaking time is sufficient."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What the evidence cannot promise",
      "point": "These studies rely on experimental situations in which the distribution of information is controlled."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Neuchâtel",
      "point": "Within SHR’s “[Communication](/formation/communication/neuchatel)” programme, an exercise could focus on a decision involving design, production and quality in a Neuchâtel microtechnology, watchmaking or precision microelectronics business."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Titus",
      "year": "1985",
      "source": "Journal of Personality and Social Psychology"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Zuckerman",
      "year": "1999",
      "source": "Journal of Personality and Social Psychology"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 402,
  "image": "https://www.shr.swiss/img/blog-editorial-2026-02-13-en.jpg?v=4",
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  "relatedPages": {
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    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/neuchatel",
    "blog": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog"
  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}