What is the difference (in your words) between group think and the Abilene Paradox?

PART 1
Have you ever gone along with a bad decision and tried to figure out later why you did? Well, don’t be so hard on yourself, it is a phenomenon called Group Think or the Abilene Paradox.

Please reference the following website and reference for part 1
https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_82.htm

1. What is the difference (in your words) between group think and the Abilene Paradox?
2. Which do you think it is easier to fall into and why?
3. If you were leading a group and saw signs of Group think how would you handle it?
4. Are there any personal examples of any of these (Group think, Abilene Paradox, etc) decision blunders that you have been a part of and
realize now?

PART 2

A large portion of our working lives is spent working in Teams. How we communicate with our team members is crucial to the success
(or failure) of the team. In this week’s lesson, we looked at the Ego states (parent, adult, and child). We all know that effective teams
operate in the Adult-Adult realm of conversation and feedback, however, sometimes a rift can occur and cause us to operate from a higher or lower level with each other. Then there are other ways to look at team dynamics.

In the video below Charles Higgins discusses how
Google builds the most effective teams.

In the video below Charles Higgins discusses how Google builds the most effective teams.

Use the following link to answer questions or discussion in part 2:

Think back to some teams that you have been on that were especially dysfunctional or effective. Did they follow the team dynamics
favored by Google or were they more directive in nature? What made them work (or not work)?

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