Collaborating with the Enemy: How to Work with People You Don't Agree with or Like or Trust

"Adam Kahane worked with us on the future of our country. The four scenarios we built have come to life one after another, and today we are living the best one....Kahane explains how scenario planning can transform the future. In Colombia we can attest that such transformation is really possible." --Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia and Nobel Peace Prize recipient

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 collaboration--that it requires a harmonious team that agrees on where it's going, how it's going to get there, and who needs to do what--is wrong. Instead, we need a new approach to collaboration that embraces discord, experimentation, and genuine cocreation--which is exactly what Kahane provides in this groundbreaking and timely book.

"Kahane shows that people who don't see eye-to-eye really can come together to solve big challenges. Whether in our businesses, our governments, our communities, or our personal lives, we can all benefit from this smart and timely book." --Mark Tercek, former President, The Nature Conservancy and coauthor of Nature's Fortune

"Shows us how thinking and seeing differently can help us navigate this challenging landscape. Kahane abandons orthodoxy in taking on the most intransigent problems, showing us the path to effective action in a complex world." --James Gimian, coauthor of The Rules of Victory

"Collaborating with the Enemy belongs on the same shelf as Sun Tzu's The Art of War and Machiavelli's The Prince." --Stephen Huddart, President, The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation

Author: Adam Kahane
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Published: 06/05/2017
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781626568228
ISBN10: 1626568227
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Negotiating
- Business & Economics | Conflict Resolution & Mediation
- Business & Economics | Business Communication | General

About the Author
Adam Kahane is a director of Reos Partners, an international social enterprise that helps people move forward together on their most important and intractable issues.