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Julia Minson
Conflict Resolution
Decision Making
Strategic Decision Making
Julia Minson helps organizations transform conflict into collaboration through evidence-based communication strategies. A Harvard Kennedy School scientist and author of How to Disagree Better, Julia works with leaders on conflict resolution, decision-making, and psychological safety, delivering research-backed frameworks used globally.
Psychology
Julia Minson is a Harvard Kennedy School scientist who has spent over 20 years researching the psychology of disagreement, offering evidence-based strategies for turning conflict into productive conversation.
Julia is the author of How to Disagree Better, which psychological safety pioneer Amy C. Edmondson calls "a must read for anyone seeking to foster mutual understanding, constructive dialogue, and more effective outcomes at work and at home." She is a leading researcher on decision-making, conflict management, and interpersonal communication.
Julia's two decades of research reveal how disagreement shapes every part of our lives, from family arguments to team dynamics to political polarization. Her work translates complex behavioral science into practical tools that help people navigate difficult conversations with less stress and better results. She offers concrete strategies, some as simple as lists of do's and don'ts, that improve how we communicate, lead, and make decisions together.
Audiences leave Julia's sessions with actionable frameworks for staying productive during disagreements, techniques for reducing defensiveness in themselves and others, and a clearer understanding of why avoiding conflict often causes more harm than engaging with it directly. Her approach is grounded in research but delivered with humor and accessibility.
Book Julia Minson to give your audience the tools to disagree better and lead lives of less drama and more impact.
Julia's two decades of Harvard research on disagreement psychology translates directly into frameworks that reduce team friction and improve decision quality under pressure. Her evidence-based approach gives leaders practical techniques for navigating conflict without derailing momentum, particularly valuable when organizational change or cross-functional alignment demands difficult conversations.
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Julia Minson draws on two decades of behavioural science research to deliver evidence-based frameworks, translating findings on conflict and decision-making into practical tools such as structured do's and don'ts lists that audiences can apply immediately.
Julia Minson speaks on conflict resolution, decision-making, interpersonal communication, psychological safety, and negotiation. She is a researcher at Harvard Kennedy School and author of How to Disagree Better, which Amy C. Edmondson describes as "a must read for anyone seeking to foster mutual understanding, constructive dialogue, and more effective outcomes at work and at home."
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