We all know
at least one perverse person.
Everyone else says the answer is ‘yes.’
This person insists it is ‘no.’
It is tempting
to remove this person
from our teams.
She is the rain cloud
on our sunny day,
the brakes
when we’re going
full steam ahead,
the downer
at our party.
She makes things
uncomfortable
and
difficult.
Which is exactly
why we need her
on our team.
If the decision is important
(and why would we care
about consensus
if the decision
wasn’t important?),
we SHOULD pause
and think about it.
We SHOULD consider
all of the downsides.
We SHOULD discuss it.
This is what the perverse person
in our group does.
Do you have a perverse person
on your team?