Jonathan Marks
Behavioral Economics Researcher | Exploring the Productive Role of Conflict
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Jonathan Marks is a researcher at Common Cents Lab at Duke University who challenges conventional wisdom about conflict in human interactions. His work examines how disagreement and tension, rather than being obstacles to overcome, can serve as catalysts for better decision-making and innovation.
At TEDxPSU 2017, Marks presented his counterintuitive perspective on conflict, arguing for its value in organizational and social contexts. Through his research at Duke's Common Cents Lab, he explores behavioral economics principles that reveal how strategic disagreement can lead to more robust outcomes than artificial harmony.
His approach suggests that embracing productive conflict can improve everything from team dynamics to financial decision-making processes.
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In praise of conflict
Conflict is bad; compromise, consensus and collaboration are good -- or so we're told. Lawyer and bioethicist Jonathan Marks challenges this conventional wisdom, showing how governments can jeopardize public health, human rights and the environment when they partner with industry. An important, timely reminder that common good and common ground are not the same thing.
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