Name: Dare to disagree
Uploaded: 2012-08-06T15:00:04Z
Duration: 12 min 39 s
Description: Most people instinctively avoid conflict, but as Margaret Heffernan shows us, good disagreement is central to progress. She illustrates (sometimes counterintuitively) how the best partners aren’t echo chambers -- and how great research teams, relationships and businesses allow people to deeply disagree.

Most people instinctively avoid conflict, but as Margaret Heffernan shows us, good disagreement is central to progress. She illustrates (sometimes counterintuitively) how the best partners aren’t echo chambers -- and how great research teams, relationships and businesses allow people to deeply disagree.

Margaret Heffernan: Dare to disagree

Dare to disagree

Alice Stewart's pioneering 1950s research linked prenatal X-ray exposure to childhood cancer, challenging medical norms.

Constructive conflict, as shown by Stewart and statistician George Kneale, is key to innovation and proving scientific hypotheses.

Embracing conflict in collaborative settings fosters innovation and uncovers vital truths, transforming organizational dynamics.