If there is real consensus on what should happen then nobody is managing, things are just happening. But "managing by consensus" is forcing everyone to say the

If there is real consensus on what should happen then nobody is managing, things are just happening. But "managing by consensus" is forcing everyone to say they agree (hah!) about what the manager has already decided on. Depending on how much the manager has bought in it may either be 1) veiled authoritarianism or, worse, 2) a cult where they think this is helpful. I can work with you without having been forced to agree.