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Originally Posted by Salty Dog
Describes many a meeting I've attended: The Abilene paradox is a collective fallacy, in which a group of people collectively decide on a course of action that is counter to the preferences of most or all individuals in the group, while each individual believes it to be aligned with the preferences of most of the others.
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Years ago, the manager of a division that I worked in actually hired a consulting to teach us how to hold a meeting.
Always have an agenda and never do improptu meetings.
He hated the idea that me the purchasing manager would walk over to the production manager and in 30 seconds decide on a plan and execute it.