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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Focus on Fixing the Problem, Not Attacking People
Attacking people makes them angry. Enlisting their help to solve a mutual problem is more likely to work as hoped.
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Allow Your Opponents to "Save Face"
No one likes to be humiliated--allowing your opponent to save face will help defuse a conflict.
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Practice - and Preach - Civility in Public and Private Discourse
Incivility begets more of the same, while civil discourse can help de-escalate conflict and improve relationships.
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Listen Actively and Empathically
Empathic listening is amazingly powerful--sometimes that is all that is needed to defuse destructive conflicts.
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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