Re:Ask HN: How to Deal with Disagreements?
by softwaredoug on Friday June 25, 2021 @11:25PM
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Isn’t it someone’s job to arrive at the decision?
If that’s true spirited disagreement is healthy. And part of life is any decision will not satisfy all parties. Even if someone shuts up, they’ll quietly grumble. It can be uncomfortable, and depends A TON on cultural context, but IMO i find conflict productive (so long as people aren’t mean).
If it’s NOT someone’s job to make a decision, well then disagreement is not the problem, it’s more an org design issue on who’s accountable..
If that’s true spirited disagreement is healthy. And part of life is any decision will not satisfy all parties. Even if someone shuts up, they’ll quietly grumble. It can be uncomfortable, and depends A TON on cultural context, but IMO i find conflict productive (so long as people aren’t mean).
If it’s NOT someone’s job to make a decision, well then disagreement is not the problem, it’s more an org design issue on who’s accountable..