How to Deal with The Abilene Paradox
Premise: I stumbled on to The Abilene Paradox earlier today. You can watch a movie where the creator of the paradox – Jerry B Harvey, tells the story of how he realised the presence of this paradox and how prevalent it is in all walks of our lives. I knew that people do go along to get along and sometimes that leads to groupthink, which is not good for any business. However, I did not know that it had a name, was studied deeply by someone and how prevalent this is. Even though there is enough research has been done […]
