One colleague told me about a time he’d argued with Steve but **eventually backed down**, even though he wasn’t convinced by Steve’s reasoning. When events subsequently proved my colleague right, Steve marched into his office and started yelling. **“But this was your idea,” said my colleague. “Yes, and it was your job to convince me I was wrong,” Steve replied, “and you failed!”** From then on, my colleague argued longer and more loudly, and he kept arguing until either he convinced Steve he was right or Steve convinced him he was wrong. Thus, Steve got it right by being willing to be wrong and by insisting that the people around him challenge him. --- **Tags** — [[quotes]], [[challenging-others]], [[collaboration]], [[crucial-conversations]], [[management]], [[culture]], [[groupthink]] **Source** — [[202303281533 - B - Radical Candor]]