- Facilitate a collaborative discussion where each team member can share their perspective, promoting an atmosphere of respect and open-mindedness. - Use data-driven insights to guide the decision-making process, ensuring the final direction aligns with project goals and team consensus.

When your team is divided on project direction, navigate conflicting opinions with structured dialogue, common goals, and compromise. Start by facilitating an open, respectful discussion where each viewpoint is heard. Ensure that everyone stays focused on the project’s objectives and not personal preferences. Identify common goals that unite the team and use those as a foundation for decision-making. Where possible, find a middle ground or combine the best aspects of differing ideas. If a consensus can’t be reached, guide the team to make a data-driven or objective decision based on project needs. Reinforce teamwork and collective ownership to ensure long-term success.

Seguramente las opiniones divergentes pueden ser una gran oportunidad para mejorar continuamente en lo que se considera como el proyecto original. Primeramente, te aconsejo que te reúnas con una o dos personas de cada punto de vista (por separados) y escuches atentamente su planteamiento. Una vez que conozcas ambos puntos de vistas, reúnete ahora con los líderes de cada punto de vista y díles que cada opinión fue muy valorada y que finalmente se tomará el siguiente camino considerando los aspectos que ambos propusieron.

Personalmente, creo que la disidencia no es disfuncional, sino funcional a la gestión de proyectos e iniciativas. Para ello sí es importante contar con un Norte claro. Sin embargo, tan importante o más es poder desarrollar una mentalidad de experimentación. Antes de ense?ar a las personas a “planificar” en el sentido más clásico del término, debemos ense?arles a correr experimentos con técnicas como Lean Startup. Por ejemplo, en nuestro libro Comunicación ágil dedicamos un capítulo entero a la planificación ágil de las comunicaciones. De esta manera, pensar y planificar de un modo pragmático nos hará más flexibles y empíricos, reduciendo las “dudas” y enfrentamiento en el equipo al ir avanzando con hipótesis y aprendizajes validados.

Conflicting opinion is always a part of team. The trick is how you make conflicting opinions work in favour of project deliverables. Example- There was a conflicting opinion on whether a certain activity is to be carried out by regular contractor or a new contractor has to be given a chance. So a team with old contractor was alloted a part of activity And a team with New one was alloted rest. Both team performed well. The Old contractor came out of complacency and the new contractor proved to be a healthy competitor. Hence the activity was completed before time. If the whole activity was alloted to old contractor he would have monopoly and complacency may peep in If the whole activity was alloted to new contractor inexperience was a risk.