Three Ways to Disagree

The below drawing started while I was making notes during a meeting last week. I observed three distinct behaviors resulting in three different outcomes.


To my surprise I witnessed that behavior 1 and 3 are authentic behaviors that give a clear direction to the team and a positive contribution to the meeting results overall.

Number 2 however, was mostly formulated in a polite manner, by intelligent people, but it always resulted in complex explanations on why someone else should be executing their brilliant idea. Could this be another form of Indifference?

  • http://www.reply-mc.com/2009/12/14/three-is-the-magic-number-part-2/ Luc’s Thoughts on Organizational Change » Blog Archive » Three is the magic number (Part 2)

    [...] reminded me of the three ways to disagree, a blog article I posted in August 2007. It included the below drawing which – in retrospect – confirms Godin’s [...]

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