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When teams become too harmonious to challenge each other

Our product team has been working together for three years and we've gotten really good at reading each other's signals and avoiding topics that create tension, but I think that's actually making us less innovative. We're all playing it safe because we know what will start arguments.

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Your team gets along by dodging hard topics, and it's making you all play it too safe.

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