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Smart People Disagree

Smart People Disagree and that's OK - even good! Learn how to accept and navigate misunderstandings in this mini-series.

Disagree and Commit to Encourage Debate and Make Decisions that Stick

Teams encounter two very common problems when they’re making a decision. The first is that they have a culture that is too nice, or too hierarchical, to have a healthy debate. When this happens, people don’t point out problems, share knowledge, or hammer out ways to mitigate risks.

Good News! Smart People Misunderstand Each Other, Too

Dealing with disagreement can be hard and messy, so here’s some good news. Sometimes a disagreement is just a misunderstanding. Misunderstandings can come with a lot of the same energy and emotion as a disagreement, but once you’ve found the end of the knot they often untangle much

When You're the Smart Person Disagreeing—Restate the Problem

There’s a special case of “Smart People Disagree” you may have been wondering about. It’s when you’re one of the people disagreeing. You don’t just have skin in the game, you’ve got elbows, knees and half your chin. You care a lot and you want

Describe it to Defuse it When Smart People Disagree

So you’ve encountered a disagreement. Wonderful! Great ideas usually don’t emerge fully formed and without controversy. They’re honed through debate and testing. But a lot of time the reaction to an honest disagreement is to * Ignore it. We’re uncomfortable so let’s pretend we didn’t

Smart People Disagree. That's Not a Bug, it's a Feature.

Smart People Disagree. If you’ve ever worked with me, you’ve probably heard me say that. Getting people aligned starts with being OK with disagreement. Which is tough because lots of people are uncomfortable with disagreement or its neighbor up the escalation path, conflict. So we’re going to