11:45 - 11:50: Virtual meeting opens
11:50 - 12:00: Welcome & Chapter announcements
12:00 - 1:00:  Presentation

Tango with a Bear: Dancing with Conflict to Innovate Presentation 

Why can't we all get along and be productive? As social creatures, we have a powerful need to get along, but that can lead to preference falsification, avoidance, and being afraid to speak up, all of which affect how we manage conflict. Let's talk about the Preacher, Litigator, Politician, and Defender in you and how they come out during times of conflict. We're going to talk about how to disagree - without being disagreeable - and why a drawing a house creates task-based discussions  to resolve conflict fast. Conflict isn't a game of tug of war; it's learning to Tango with a bear.

Learning Objectives:

• Understanding Conflict Modes
• Understanding the Positive Conflict Model and how to use the model in utilizing friction and conflict to create innovative ideas
• Discover techniques that can help make conflict more positive and collaborative

About Paul

Paul Crosby is one of the Founders & CEO at The Uncommon League. Paul is also the full-time instructor for Project Management, Agile, and Strategic Enterprise Analysis. Paul is the author of “Fail Fast Fail Safe - Harnessing Failure to Succeed” and “The Uncommon Book of Analysis Techniques” books. Paul has presented at events all over North America and Europe including BA World, Project Summit, Local IIBA Chapter Meetings and other events.

Paul's latest book, "Positive Conflict", will be published on August 1, 2023. Paul is also working on the “The Uncommon Book of Analysis Techniques - Part 2” ,expected late 2023, and "9 Pillars of Analysis - Perspectives for Every Analyst", expected early 2024.

Paul is a board member of the Sing Your Life - Uncommon Foundation. Through his leadership the foundation has been working with TechFluent, Women in Technology, and other organizations to bring Business Analysis, Agile, Product Management, and Project Management skills to new audiences as a viable career to lift many talented individuals into a technology career.