Field notes: Creative adaptability
On navigating stigmas and resistance.
Disagree Better
Your field guide for handling conflict with finesse.
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Office hours with Tammy, August 2026
How do you know assess whether or not a conflict is resolvable?
On the emotional labor of conflict
Fairness is the wrong measure when the heavy lifting all feels like yours.
3 ideas and a question: Talking isn't everything
On doing something together before, during, or instead of talking.
How a guess becomes certainty
The short trip from interpretation to conviction to conflict.
Reflection prompt #24
On dealing with regret and sorrow in the aftermath of a conflict
Talk it out or type it out?
How to match the channel to the goal when disagreement shows up.
3 ideas and a question: On delivering criticism
Ideas for delivering difficult feedback they'll actually consider.
Office hours with Tammy, June 2026
The evolution of a conflict resolver and a way to think about conflict resolution in the AI age.
Reflection prompt #23
Assessing the risk of having or not having that difficult conversation.