On the Ted talk, I think what the person was trying to say, was that the most productive ‘green’ chickens did it by laying the most eggs, and the most productive ‘red’ chickens laid the most eggs by sabotaging other hens so they wouldn’t lay as many eggs. I think this kind of relates to what businesses do to their opponents. For example, some businesses try to make their business so good, that the other business can’t compete with their’s, (green chickens) and some businesses that try to sabotage the other businesses so they seem bad. Also, I think that when defensiveness is triggered, like if someone is insulting you or is blaming you, you just try to defend yourself, with not really any other thoughts in mind, so you might not think about the consequences of what you say, and you might say mean things. I also agree about the ‘green’ workspace and the ‘red’ workspace. For example, if you and another person are both trying to get the same promotion, the ‘red’ way is to try to sabotage them to make sure they won’t get it, and the more ‘green’ way is to work hard and prove that you should get it. Another thing about the ‘green’ workspace and the ‘red’ workspace, he is right that it is more productive in a green workspace than a red workspace, but he said that a ‘green’ workspace can change to a ‘red’ workspace in seconds, but I think it has to happen over time, and it doesn’t happen that fast. For example, it you and a friend are trying to get the same promotion, you don’t immediately become enemies and try to sabotage each other,but it might happen over time, in the conversations that you and the friend have, when you are both trying to get the promotion.
