Adam Kahane: 5 books

A new approach, proven in the field, for making progress on our most important and difficult collective challenges Based on Kahane’s first-hand experiences working with teams of business, government and civil society leaders around the world Profound, personal and practical The two main ways that...

**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...

Adam Kahane has worked on some of the toughest, most complex problems in the world. He started out as an expert analyst and advisor to corporations and governments, convinced of the need to calculate “the one right answer.” After an unexpected experience in South Africa during the transition away...

People who are trying to solve tough economic, social, or environmental problems often find themselves frustratingly stuck. They can’t solve their problems in their current context, which is too unstable or unfair or unsustainable. Nor can they transform the system on their own or by working only...

缺乏共識，合作是完成任務最好的方式嗎？  面對不認同、甚至不信任的人，可能合作嗎？  打破傳統合作框架，掌握三大原則，  隨情勢變化合作方式，差異再大都能共創雙贏！  跨部門的計畫，各單位都心懷自己的目標，暗中較勁，如何創造綜效？ 發現夥伴的價值觀完全不同，即使忍耐差異關係也不長久，可能攜手協力嗎？ 過去的競爭對手轉身變供應商，從來沒有互信、甚至互相算計，難同心怎麼合作？ 我們心裡經常大喊「我絕不跟那樣的人共事！」 但是我們知道似乎別無選擇， 想改變現狀，不能只靠一己之力、不可能只跟看得順眼的人共事。 我們要知道如何與差異極大的人並肩攜手，克服最大障礙，達成更大目標。 以為合作需要和諧有共識、可以掌控事情走向，是不切實際的假設； 認清難難有單一價值、接受彼此認知本來就不同，異己也能成夥伴。 本書作者亞當．卡漢是國際合作專家，協助處理「南非種族隔離」、「哥倫比亞內戰」等內部矛盾嚴重的複雜問題，經歷橫跨歐、亞、非、美五十多個國家。二十多年來的經驗使卡漢了解，大家無法合作，通常是被狹隘僵固的合作概念所限制住了，他提出「順勢合作」（Stretch...