I groan inwardly whenever someone uses the expression "shared consciousness" in a business context. It inevitably means that someone is trying to find a way to make themselves look important without regard to the fact that their preventing everyone else from doing the work they were hired to do.
The guy also seems to lack the depth of awareness it takes to prevent him from admitting to obvious confirmation bias:
> was surprised and happy to see my theory validated by The General who did the same thing when he assumed command...
