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Problems: An Open Way Of Talking, Listening, And Creating New Realities

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Tough problems usually don’t get solved peacefully. They either get stuck or they get solved by force. These frustrating and frightening outcomes occur all the time. Families replay the same argument over and over, or a parent lays down the law. Organizations face the same crisis again and again, or a boss decrees a new plan. Communities divide into camps around a controversial issue, or a politician dictates a settlement. Countries negotiate to a stalemate, or they go to war. Either the people involved in a problem can’t agree on what the solution is, or the people with power—authority, money, guns—impose their solution on everyone else. In Solving Tough Problems: An Open Way of Talking, Listening, and Creating New Realities, author Adam Kahane

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