Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Tip: Fight Your Way to Breakthroughs
Behance: "Many creative teams believe that their greatest mistakes are made when nobody argues. When you really care about an idea, you are likely to develop an opinion; when multiple people have a strong opinion, you’re bound to disagree - and clash. Your approach to managing the impassioned “fighting” that ensues is a critical factor in your ability to find the best solution. While some people shy away from confrontation, we have found that a healthy dose of tension helps ideas thrive."
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That, and fighting is a sign that groupthink isn't occurring. (Groupthink is really bad, and occurs when people just go along with things because they believe that's what the group wants.)
I think that there are a lot of merits to this disagreement method, the fact that people can arrive at the best answer by working their way to the best answer is really good. I find that personally, I am always too concerned with conflict resolution to evaluate the quality of the solution. This has actually opened my eyes to a new way of approaching collaboration with regard to not only having a happy group, but also a more productive one, that will arrive not just at a good answer but at the best solution.
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