In this episode, we hear from organizational psychologist and New York Times bestselling author, Dr Liane Davey. Liane’s written numerous books, including The Good Fight: Use productive conflict to get your team and organization back on track.

We look at why and how conflict can be helpful for teams and organizations, and Liane talks us through the concept of conflict debt. We also discuss strategies for taking the heat out of conflict, the norms and habits that teams can develop that support productive conflict. Oh, and there’s dragons and treasure, but you’ll need to listen to find out more!

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To connect with Liane:

·     Liane’s latest book, Thoughtload is out now, in all good book shops.

·     Liane’s website: www.lianedavey.com

·     Liane on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lianedavey

·     Liane on Instagram: @lianedavey

Study referenced in this episode:

2026 study led by Juliana Schroeder, Burint Bevis and Mike Yeomans

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