Orchestrate the conflict. Starkly but evenhandedly, articulate the competing claims and positions you are hearing. As people begin to appreciate how deeply held the competing values are and how committed each faction is to avoiding taking any losses, the tension will rise.

A critical challenge that does not seem easily addressable deserves great attention. Can it be divided into subproblems? Is it like any similar problem others have faced? Is there anyone who might be an expert on such situations? What is changing that might alter its addressability? What is the single keystone constraint, which if broken, would mak

EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS MOBILIZE people to tackle an adaptive challenge. They may be designed to make progress at any point in the process:

Conflict can only occur by establishing arbitrary rigid boundaries between opposites and then defending them: boundaries between man and woman, nation and nation, good and evil. By erasing boundaries so that opposing forces may meet and meld and yield to one another, the two blend together and strike a natural balance, automatically eliminating the