"Ego is inseparable from human nature and plays a huge role in corporate governance. Put any number of people into a boardroom, and invariably the largest ego will dominate, shouldering aside everyone else, including those with better ideas or more constructive suggestions...That's the premise behind group decision support system software. The School of Business at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont., has created a high-tech service with the goal of ridding the decision-making process of personality, so that ideas can speak for themselves."