Disruptive Behaviors

NOAA’s Dealing with Disruptive Behaviors describes ten different kinds of people who can disrupt meetings and gives advice for handling each. I’ve been a big fan of this taxonomy since I first encountered it several years ago, but going through it again yesterday, I realized that there’s a fair bit of overlap between some of the types. In order to slim it down, I grouped them as follows: AggressiveAssertivePassive People-focusedBlowfish, DolphinSea Otter, Flounder Task-focusedJellyfish, SharkSea LionCrab, Clam, Octopus I then picked one from each group, looked at the result, and added Clam back into the mix because I felt this type was distinct enough from Crab to merit inclusion. This came up as part of an exercise to analyze how people are responding to AI mandates (both positively and negatively) and how to manage those responses. If you have seen other work that looks at this, or have feedback on how I’ve slimmed these categories down, I’d be grateful for feedback. Talkative…