The Abilene Paradox is when teams agree to decisions nobody wants. The cure: five roles that surface truth, test reality, and ...

The Abilene paradox is a term that describes a phenomenon under which a group collectively agrees to a decision that is paradoxically against the interests of most or all of the members of that group.

In the days before air conditioning, a husband and wife were visiting her parents in a small West Texas town. As they were relaxing one Sunday afternoon, the wife's father suggested that they all ...

We’ve all encountered the Abilene Paradox at some point, but maybe we didn’t know the scholarly phrase for it. In short, most summarize it as management by agreement, whether for the best or worst.

The Abilene Paradox, a term coined by Jerry Harvey in the 1970’s, describes a very specific phenomenon that occurs amongst even the wisest decision-makers. Jamie Librot, organizational psychologist ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Members of the 18th Financial Management Center spent the afternoon of Feb. 19 working on a unique team building experience. The team building was focused on the "The Abilene ...

Every time I make the 55-mile drive up Highway 84 from Coleman to Abilene, I think of my friend Jerry Harvey, a retired professor of management science at George Washington University. Jerry grew up ...

This is a phenomenon where a group agrees to do something despite the fact that privately most, or even all, members of the group disagree on doing it. The Abilene paradox is seen whenever people who ...