• Home
• Subjects
• Blog Roll
• Blindside
• Kable
• Advanced Search

• 

02 Sep 2008

Is there a cure for groupthink?

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!

• Posted by William Heath on 02/09/08 at 11:38pm
• Categories · "What do we want?" · Wibbipedia/MindtheGap · Foundation of Trust · "Transformational Government"
• Comments (0)  Permalink

Ideal Government

Let's say what we want from e-enabled government. Let's observe government first-hand. Let's say "Wouldn't It Be Better If" (WIBBI). Become an ethnographer of bureaucracy today! It beats getting frustrated with public services.

Categories

• "What do we want?"
  • Wibbipedia/MindtheGap
  • Design: Co-creation
    • Online Maps
  • Design: user-oriented
  • Foundation of Trust
    • Identity
    • Data nitwittery
  • Save Time and Money
• Greener government IT
• Pertinent Art
• Power of Information
• Political engagement
• "Transformational Government"
• Government Procurement
• Across the Board
• Ideal Goverment - project

Comment

Anyone is free to comment. Or mail with an article if you want to be an author. I'll post it up and send you a password. This whole thing is supported by Kable.

Authors

Sign up for new articles

Copyright

Designed by...

Statistics

This page has been viewed 1501027 times

Entries: 1668 | Comments: 2715 | Trackbacks: 206
Most Recent Entry: 11/19/2008 11:50 pm
Most Recent Comment: 11/17/2008 12:06 am

Members: 185 | Logged in: 0 | Guests: 38
Most recent visitor: 11/20/2008 09:27 am
Most visitors ever: 443 on 10/12/2005 02:21 pm