Meetings
Disagreeing in a meeting
Challenge an idea while keeping the professional relationship intact.
Challenging an idea in front of other people.
The shape
- Acknowledge
- Differ
- Reason
- Alternative
Why that order
In public the alternative matters more than in private. Disagreement without one reads as obstruction to everybody else in the room.
A worked example
I agree with the objective. Where I differ is the timeline. Two weeks is too aggressive given the testing risk. I would recommend three.
Built from
An application framework is a package. These are the reusable shapes inside it.
Mostly serves Connection, and reaches into Message and Presence.
A framework tells you what shape the answer takes. It cannot tell you whether shape is what you are short of, and for most people it is not. Which one is yours, and whether a framework is the right instrument at all, is what a Discovery Call is for.
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