On February 19, we had a pair of Zoom conversations about the emerging "big idea" of the second edition of "Collaborating with the Enemy."
Hereis the recording of the first and here is the one of the second.
Here are some of Adam's basic takeaways from these two conversations:
The most basic "big idea" of the book is that there is a feasible alternative to the dominant mode of "forcing" (might make right, winner takes all), but that this alternative is not straightforward or easy and is not always the best option.
Are we characterizing "the other" as an "enemy" and/or an "unlike other"?
Working with "the other" is often not, and does not need to be, safe and harmonious.
It is important for this book also to be read by people who will find its message surprising, and for this reason I should abandon the proposal to use the term "radical collaboration," which has such a strong political connotation, and revert to "stretch collaboration."
One of the reasons it is difficult to work with people we believe are our enemies is because of our neurological responses to this belief.
