To illustrate how easy it is for a group of people to get “locked in” to a certain way of looking at things, try this experiment with a group: (Good exercise to illustrate Group Think) 1. Pick a number between 1 and 10. 2. Multiply it by 9. 3. If your number is two digits, add them together to make one number. 4. Subtract 5. 5. If your number is 1, remember the letter “A”, if 2, remember “B”, 3 = C, 4 = D, etc. 6. Think of a country that starts with that letter. 7. Think of the second letter of that country and then think of a mammal whose name starts with that letter. Now think of the color of that mammal. Chances are pretty good most of the group picked a gray elephant from Denmark!