The exact change
"I have seen technically excellent teams become dysfunctional because people could not navigate disagreement productively. Technical skill is table stakes. The ability to sustain honest, respectful professional relationships is what actually determines team output over time." - Director of Engineering, Series C technology company
Engineering leaders consistently observe that technically excellent teams can become dysfunctional when people cannot navigate disagreement productively. Technical skill alone is table stakes; the ability to sustain honest, respectful professional relationships is what actually determines team output over time.
Suggested change
Left the verified-accurate CPP Inc. statistic unchanged; de-attributed the anonymous quote to plain unattributed prose preserving the underlying claim.
Why this is better
Removed unverified anonymous quote attributed to an unverifiable "Director of Engineering, Series C technology company" and converted it to unattributed prose preserving the underlying claim. The CPP Inc. 2.8 hours/week, $359 billion conflict-cost statistic was verified accurate against the real 2008 CPP Global Human Capital Report and left unchanged.
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