McKinsey - Higher Stakes PEI Example?

I recently got rejected from McKinsey R1 for not having a 'high stakes' PEI example to the opposing opinion question. I used an example from school where a client of our consulting club disagreed with me and how I worked to find a compromise, but the feedback was that I needed a higher stakes example. What sort of examples do kids out of school have that could be high stakes?

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