“But wait a minute,” you might say. “The two sides disagree, so any decision made is going to leave someone unhappy.” I challenge that notion. Everyone on a team ultimately shares the same goals. In this case, both designers and engineers want to ship a great experience as soon as possible. While people may have different opinions about the best path to take, part of working well together is placing trust in decision-makers and in a fair process. As Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is fond of saying, sometimes you have to “disagree and commit” for the sake of moving forward quickly.
