
to wait their turn when a…s can end up inadvertently reinforcing interruptions by interrupting other team members themselves. On the other hand, in groups where leaders “enforced conversational order,” group members began to do the same, politely asking everyone to wait their turn when a teammate was cut off.
Amplification is one tool to address this problem. It is the deliberate practice of publicly recognizing and repeating someone’s idea and giving them credit for it. For example, women on Obama’s White House staff made a practice of amplifying one another’s contri…