Collaborating with the Enemy

Collaborating with the Enemy Synopsis

Collaboration is increasingly difficult and increasingly necessary Often, to get something done that really matters to us, we need to work with people we don't agree with or like or trust. Adam Kahane has faced this challenge many times, working on big issues like democracy and jobs and climate change and on everyday issues in organizations and families. He has learned that our conventional understanding of collaborationthat it requires a harmonious team that agrees on where it's going, how it's going to get there, and who needs to do whatis wrong.

Instead, we need a new approach to collaboration that embraces discord, experimentation, and genuine cocreationwhich is exactly what Kahane provides in this groundbreaking and timely book.