Say / Mean

Consensus vs unanimity

Enough shared agreement to move forward — not that everyone loves it.

“We have consensus to ship Friday — not everyone loves the date, but no one's blocking it.”

When “unanimity” is right“The vote on the new on-call rotation was unanimous — every person on the team said yes.”

From Sun, Sep 27 2026 · Getting buy-in & alignment

Practice it out loud

Pick a real decision from this week and say, without filler words: "We have consensus, not unanimity, on ___." Notice if you reach for "everyone agreed" when what actually happened was consensus.

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