BI / MBI Sections
Destructive Conflict is the Most Serious Threat to Our Common FutureBeyond Intractability Sections
Interconnected learning materials to help everyone better deal with intractable conflicts.
Educators
Consider a very low-cost BI-based custom text.
Things You Can Do to Help
Practical things we can all do to limit the destructive conflicts threatening our future.
Conflict Frontiers
Frontier-of-the-field explorations of what makes so many conflicts intractable and what to do about it.
Conflict Fundamentals
Quick summaries of the conflict and peacebuilding field’s fundamental building blocks.
BI in Context
Quality news and feature articles exploring the full range of intractable conflict-related topics.
Colleague Activities
Information about the intractable conflict-related activities of the conflict and peacebuilding fields
Recent Posts
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Reprise: Sharp vs. Fuzzy Feedback — The Distinction That Explains Why Society Can Be Both Astonishingly Smart and Incredibly Stupid
We are good at understanding and responding to sharp feedback, but not nearly as good seeing and responding to fuzzy feedback, which is the source of many serious mistakes. With current hyper-polarization, will any feedback be heeded?
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Colleague, News, and Opinion Links for the Week of February 2, 2025
Our weekly set of readings renamed to clarify the contents, trying to help our readers understand the challenges we face.
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Reprise: The Google Maps and Adopt-a-Highway Approach to Systems
A repeat of a two-year old post, explaining "thinking and acting systemically" by using the metaphor of Google Maps and "Adopt a Highway" programs -- both systemic ways of managing vast amounts of traffic on the U.S. highway system.
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Massively Parallel Peace and Democracy Building Links for the Week of January 26, 2025
Two weeks' worth of readings from colleagues and journalists about hyper-polarization, intractable conflict and more.
Beyond Intractability Sections
Interconnected learning materials to help everyone better deal with intractable conflicts.
Educators
Consider a very low-cost BI-based custom text.
Things You Can Do to Help
Practical things we can all do to limit the destructive conflicts threatening our future.
Conflict Frontiers
Frontier-of-the-field explorations of what makes so many conflicts intractable and what to do about it.
Conflict Fundamentals
Quick summaries of the conflict and peacebuilding field’s fundamental building blocks.
BI in Context
Quality news and feature articles exploring the full range of intractable conflict-related topics.
Colleague Activities
Information about the intractable conflict-related activities of the conflict and peacebuilding fields
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