Yeah, in all the games I've played the person whose turn it is has veto power over actions, and physically moves their own pawn, which does help keep everyone involved, and I've never yet seen anyone not enjoy a game of Pandemic... but Group Mind can be a strong force, and I feel like there is often someone (usually the newbie at the table) who can get pushed into certain decisions, and often someone who is the micro-optimizer in the crowd, to use to frederickegerman's terminology below.

When a game works well, all 4 people are offering options, and the player moving synthesizes the info, communicates their decision, and then moves. But a game often ends up with 1 or 2 people doing most of the option generating, and then the other players basically pick from the menu of options that have been handed to them. It is important in a game environment, just like work and extracurriculars, to make an effort to listen to and involve the quiet people. (in Saturday's game I was the one with the most experience, and there was one move that I took where the other micro-optimizer and I both agreed, but where the quiet player tentatively offered another option, and we discounted that option... and it turned out the quiet player turned out to be right. I was a little annoyed with myself for that one)