Talks - Sumana, Jacob: Argument Clinic: What Healthy Professional Conflict Looks Like

Conference: PyCon US 2023

Year: 2023

What does healthy disagreement look like? Many of us have never experienced healthy conflict at work, and so assume our only options are to either avoid conflict or have a nasty fight. But it doesn't have to be that way: professional disagreement can be direct without being nasty. We want to show what that looks like. In this model argument, presented as a play, watch two engineering managers disagree about something. How do they work through their disagreement -- politely and effectively? Watch our the characters figure out what they're really clashing about, learn about each other's perspectives, and come to a better decision than either could alone.