All core values
Trust
Healthy conflict
Arguing hard about ideas so decisions get stress-tested before they ship.
Behaviors
- Voices disagreement in the room
- Argues the strongest opposing case
- Commits fully once the call is made
Anti-patterns
- Artificial harmony
- Debate that turns personal
- Relitigating decided calls in private
Reinforce it with
- Devil's-advocate roles in reviews
- Disagree-and-commit norms
- Leaders thanking dissenters publicly
Healthy conflict is how a team finds problems before customers do.