The reps, out loud, so the practice runs without you having to remember it.
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Separate the argument from the threat response, so the team can mine for conflict on the issue without paying for it in the relationship.
Before you press play
Use this when the room is polite and the real conversation is happening in the hallway.
Headphones help. Nothing is recorded.
We are about to disagree deliberately. Two breaths first.
Hold 12 seconds
Silently: what is the position I am attached to, and what would change my mind?
Hold 22 seconds
Silently: who in this room have I not actually listened to on this?
Hold 20 seconds
The rule for the next twenty minutes: argue the idea, name the interest, no history.
Hold 16 seconds
One person states the strongest version of the view they disagree with. Then we begin.
Hold 8 seconds
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