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Sep 7, 2009

"If we cannot see how what we are doing or not doing is contributing to things being the way that they are, then logically we have no basis at all, zero leverage, for changing the way things are -- except from the outside, by persuasion or force." --Adam Kahane

Solving Tough Problems

Adam Kahane is not a man you'd pick out of a crowd as having helped move post-Apartheid South Africa towards a peaceful resolution, or helped post-dictatorship Guatemala move beyond the longest civil war in the history of the Americas. But listen to him for a moment, and you know you're dealing with someone who has a vision of what it takes to build a better world. He's seen how good organizations can take fatal missteps, and how seemingly-implacable enemies can embrace the need for peaceful change. He knows that avoiding the missteps and getting to the peaceful change is simple -- but by no means easy. Adam Kahane's new book, "Solving Tough Problems: An Open Way of Talking, Listening and Creating New Realities," explores how to grapple with deep-rooted dilemmas.