Abilene Paradox Leadership Management Participative 
Lead Change Blog
OCTOBER 23, 2017
Senior managers follow, apparently slavishly, structural change, without a clear vision to underpin it. That phenomenon, first described by Jerry B Harvey in his article ‘The Abilene Paradox’, highlighted his views on consensus inertia. That issue has some typical outcomes. They seem unclear about purpose.
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It’s called The Abilene Paradox The Abilene Paradox was introduced by Jerry B. You can share the “Abilene Paradox&# anecdote with meeting participants before a meeting actually starts. You make a really great point about managing agreement being as important as managing disagreement.
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