WRITTEN ON September 3rd, 2008 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Foundation of Trust, Transformational Government, What do we want?, Wibbipedia/MindtheGap

The British Library sells a cure for groupthink called Thought diversity but the paper costs £17.50, and government budgets are a bit stretched (what with billions on IPS’ benighted ID Scheme, many more billions on Ho Moffiss’ benighted and frankly evil Intercept Refresh Programme, £224m for ContactPoint etc).

Others such as the Democratic commentator Roadrunner believe there is no sure for groupthink, but he does suggest a groupthink game.

Just for kicks, memorize these eight classic symptoms of groupthink and then play this little game, the Groupthink Game. When Bush tells us the umpteenth time about the “evil of the evildoers,” shout back “Symptom 8!” When he says, “You’re either with us or with the terrorists,” yell back “Symptom 4!” When you hear endless talk about how much we value life, all the while bombing hospitals and old-folk homes, yell at the top of your lungs, “Symptom 3!” I could go on for pages, but you get the idea.

There’s surely an easy equivalent if we just look through some Liam Byrne, Tony McNulty or Andy Burnham speeches.

Wibbi you snap out of it guys! You’re the government! We entrust you with our dosh. You get the privileges, and we expect you to deliver sensitive to the Zeitgeist and our real needs. Get some thought diversity going!