# Dare to disagree

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2012
- Speaker: Margaret Heffernan
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/margaret_heffernan_dare_to_disagree)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Most people instinctively avoid conflict, but as Margaret Heffernan shows us, good disagreement is central to progress. She illustrates (sometimes counterintuitively) how the best partners aren’t echo chambers -- and how great research teams, relationships and businesses allow people to deeply disagree.

## Lectures

1. [Dare to disagree](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/margaret_heffernan_dare_to_disagree/b2d4955da4cc), 13 min (TED's player)