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Skip The Trip

Skip The Trip. Abilene Paradox. Ways to Skip the Trip What You Can Do. Keep negative fantasies and perceived risk under check. Consider the benefits of speaking out. Diplomatically confront decisions moving in the wrong direction, based on your knowledge and experience.

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Skip The Trip

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  1. Skip The Trip Abilene Paradox

  2. Ways to Skip the TripWhat You Can Do • Keep negative fantasies and perceived risk under check. Consider the benefits of speaking out. • Diplomatically confront decisions moving in the wrong direction, based on your knowledge and experience. • Be prepared with backup information and good questions.

  3. What’s Behind the Paradox? • Action Anxiety • Negative Fantasy • Perceived Risk • Fear of Separation • Confusion of Risk and Certainty

  4. Signs a Group Has Arrived • Deteriorating project status • Blaming and scapegoating • Irritation with others

  5. Recommendations • Work with a group to identify a case study and identify elements of “group think”. • Now consider carefully what actions by group participants might have altered the outcome.

  6. The Abilene Paradox

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