A startup's brilliant founders can't converge on a direction.
A hospital's hierarchy silences nurses who spot surgical errors.
An investment committee achieves unanimity by excluding dissent.
These everyday failures are manifestations of a fundamental paradox: The very diversity that makes collectives powerful also makes collective choice inherently problematic.
That's my research: How should we "collectivize"?
One → Many: How should individuals assemble into groups?
Many → One: How should groups aggregate their members' choices into one?
I use laboratory experiments, computational models, field studies, and advanced analytical methods to understand these dynamics across teams, multi-team systems, and organizations.
I also teach organizational behavior, entrepreneurship, and team dynamics (recipient of the prestigious 2024 Ossian R. MacKenzie Teaching Award).