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 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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...