Following on from my previous article and podcast, I’m addressing a few questions and some feedback I got since we first looked at how The Abilene Paradox, aka organisational groupthink, manifests, the conditions required and what to watch out for. The Abilene Paradox Revisited addresses some of those questions, especially how developments in internal organisational communications, remote working etc. have massively increased the risk of the paradox manifesting and groupthink happening.
I look at what those developments have been and how to avoid manifestation of the Paradox in your organisation
The Abilene Paradox revisited - how we have turbocharged groupthink in the workplace and what to do about it