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When teams prioritize harmony over intellectual honesty

Our team has gotten really good at executing but we've stopped challenging each other's ideas and I can feel us all being a little too polite, a little too careful not to step on toes. The work is solid but not inspired and I think we're all sensing it but no one wants to be the person who disrupts what feels like good team dynamics.

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Your team has gotten so agreeable that the work has lost its spark, and nobody wants to rock the boat.

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