Conspiracism vs. Creativity

Although Alison Green wasn't writing about conspiracism, a recent post of hers at Ask a Manager indirectly reminded me of that phenomenon, and the seemingly creative ways that conspiracists purport to explain what's "really going on."Green takes a question about what might motivate instances of apparently mixed messages from management in a couple of instances the writer is aware of, and the immediate short answer is what caused me to think of conspiracism:You're imagining this as all more cohesive than it is -- that there's a grand plan unifying all their actions, but very often there isn't.Green tackles each of the scenarios in turn, and culminates in a list of typical reasons situations like the ones she was asked about occur:Plans changed, and the earlier conversations planning the change took place above their heads and they weren't even aware it was under discussion.Plans changed, and they were in those earlier conversations but didn't think it would go the way it went, or were…