Disagreement as a Skill: Transforming Workplace Disagreement
Co-developed and facilitated with Alanna Faust.
What is this workshop about?
Inevitable workplace disagreement can lead to rupture that distracts us from our shared purpose. What if we reframed disagreement from a blocking force into something that actually enriches our work?
When approached generatively, disagreement has the capacity to produce something new that was not there before –It is a way of engaging differences that expand our ability to work more creatively and reconnect to our shared commitments. To do meaningful work together, teams need the skills to navigate disagreement productively. This workshop introduces practical tools that help transform moments of tension into opportunities for Innovation and stronger collaboration.
By engaging in disagreement generatively, your team can:
Reconnect with your shared ethos and gain greater clarity around purpose and priorities
Move beyond established assumptions and develop more creative and robust solutions
Build deeper trust among colleagues
Strengthen your team’s capacity for resilience and learning
You will leave this workshop with:
Theoretical underpinnings for generative disagreement
A disagreement mapping tool to better understand the dynamics of a disagreement
Mindful questioning skills
Skills in seeking clarity from the other party
Understanding of creating a strong container in which your disagreement can take place
Chance to learn from peers and apply skills to your own context
This workshop is for:
work teams, organizational leadershp, startups, academic institutions, and other groups looking to explore skillful disagreement in a workplace setting
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