An explanatory video of the Abilene Paradox
It seems like I’ve seen this in action more in the last few months than I had in the last few years combined. Perhaps it’s because I’m getting older or perhaps I’m just over-thinking things.
I listen to people interact at work or when discussing their personal lives and see the Abilene Paradox in their words and actions. Quite often I am the voice of dissent or ‘pull,’ trying to get others to stop and honestly walk themselves through decisions.
It’s fascinating.
At first glance, many people feel it is just a clever turn of phrase, not realizing that it accurately expresses a common problem we tend to experience.
When I posted the picture below a couple of years ago, people didn’t take a second to understand it and thought I was being clever or had just made it up.
P.S. Parenthetically Speaking 