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Hello and thanks so much for joining us here for episode 145 with Jeff DeGraff.

You're going to walk away learning one, the extraordinary value of arguing.

Two, who are the four types of people at the workplace and what creative tensions emerge among them?

And 3.

Effective ways to create constructive conflict at work.

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Here's Jeff's story. Jeff DeGraff is called the Dean of Innovation

because of his influence on the field. Dr. DeGraff is a professor at the

Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He has advised hundreds of the world's most prominent

firms. He has founded a leading innovation institute called the Innovatrium with

labs in Ann Arbor and Atlanta. Jeff's thoughts and innovation are covered by Fortune,

Wired in the Harvard Business Review, to name a few.

Jeff writes a column for Inc magazine and has a regular segment on public radio

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