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The frameworks

Conflict

Team conflict

Get from two positions to one workable answer.

Two teams pulling in different directions.

Connection · Application framework · No. 147

The shape

  1. Surface the issue
  2. Hear both perspectives
  3. Underlying interests
  4. Common ground
  5. Agreement

A worked example

Team A
We need more testing time.
Team B
We cannot delay the customer.
Interests
Quality, and the customer commitment.
Common ground
Both want a successful release.
Resolution
Critical features Friday, the rest Monday.

Mostly serves Connection, and reaches into Intent and Message.

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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