Elephant? What Elephant?(An issue that is undiscussed)

National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management, April, 2005 by Trembly, Ara C.

If you've ever been in group therapy, or if you've just been part of a group at work or in a professional organization, you may have run into the nagging dilemma of "the elephant in the room." This "elephant" is a significant issue, problem or question that is quite obvious to everyone present, yet no one seems to want to talk about it.

And usually the elephant problem is so big and so important that the group is powerless to make any progress until the ponderous pachyderm is dealt with. Still, group members refuse to even acknowledge its existence, and conversation is limited to more mundane matters, like who got thrown under the bus on "American Idol" last night. Why won't people publicly address what they would all privately agree is a significant issue?...

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