Professor Alison Wood Brooks
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Do I have to prepare for that?
What is that skill set?
She says, someone comes to me and comes to you and says something crazy.
They say, you know, the sky is purple.
It's actually, it's not blue, it's purple.
Yeah.
You don't want to appear to be saying, because if I say, it makes sense that you think the sky is purple, but it's actually blue.
Is the risk of it sounding patronizing?
What's the opposite of that?
It's so interesting.
I learned this…
Because I employed this person once and this person, when we'd talk about ideas, the first word out of their mouth was always, I disagree.
And then they'd make their point.
That's right.
And I don't know what it was about it, but I noticed that it would like get my back up.
Of course.
And so I'd say, I don't know, I'd say, I think we should do it like this.
I disagree.
Yeah.
And then they'd make their point.