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I'm working on an idea for a workshop at #RubyConf. I'm wondering if you would find this a valuable use of your time at a technical conference. Please comment to register your vote. Here's the title: You're Right! Going from Disagreement to Decision without Damaging Your Team Abstract in 🧵

Every experienced engineering team has been here: a decision needs to be made, everyone has a favorite solution, and the harder people push, the more entrenched people get. Persuasion—our default tool for resolving disagreements—doesn't just fail in these situations. It can actively damage the team.

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There are two words that can change all of that. They're disarming, vulnerable, and surprisingly hard to say. This workshop is built around those words — and everything that has to be true for them to work.

We'll cover why persuasion fails, how to facilitate a decision-making process that actually works, and the role psychological safety plays in all of it — skills that can be applied to any human relationship.

Come ready to share your experience with disagreement. Come ready to receive the wisdom of the room. And leave with a framework for breaking through disagreements and making decisions together.