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Don't "Protect the team from distractions." and "Invite disagreement." contradict a bit each other?

• SkyPuncher 4y ago
  Can you expand further on why you think these are contradictions? In my book, you can actively have both. Protecting from distractions often means helping the team feel like they can say no to anything that isn't the most critical work. Inviting disagreement simply means that you tell your team you want dissenting opinions. For example, if you feel like the team is working on a few unnecessary projects, you can help them say "no" (protect from distractions). However, you shouldn't just do it blinding. That project may actually be valuable, but not in the way you anticipated on the surface.
  • hartator 4y ago
    There is obvious distractions. For a random SaaS: e.g., "Let's make our own coin on the blockchain" and there is obvious healthy disagreements. e.g., "Let's be very aggressive on pricing." And I think it's already pretty obvious what to do. But what it's difficult is always the grey area. "Let's support Bitcoin as payment gateway". And this two tenets become contradictory.