Talks - Sumana, Jacob: Argument Clinic: What Healthy Professional Conflict Looks Like

What does healthy disagreement look like? Many of us have never experienced healthy conflict at work, and so assume our only options are to either avoid conflict or have a nasty fight. But it doesn't have to be that way: professional disagreement can be direct without being nasty. We want to show what that looks like. In this model argument, presented as a play, watch two engineering managers disagree about something. How do they work through their disagreement -- politely and effectively? Watch our the characters figure out what they're really clashing about, learn about each other's perspectives, and come to a better decision than either could alone.