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- Constructive Conflict Initiative / COVID-19 Blog -- COVID-19 has brought us to a crossroads. We can continue our destructive, us-vs-them confrontations or we can learn to work genuinely together. #mbi_cci
- Chip Hauss: Shifting from "Me First" to "We First" and Other "Takes" on the Coronavirus -- We must all worth together to address the pandemic--and all of the other complex, wicked problems we face. #mbi_cci
- Bystanders -- It's time for those caught in the middle to take a more active role in limiting the many ways in which they are harmed by the fights of others. #mbi_fundamentals
- John Paul Lederach: We Need Moral Imagination to Respond to Covid-19. -- We must respond to this pandemic by strengthening relationships, using curiosity and creativity, and taking risks to make things better.
- Global Pandemics, National Borders, and Political Problem-Solving -- In this pre-COVID-19 essay, Ken Cloke shares 10 steps needed to respond effectively to pandemics and other similar global threats. #mbi_knowbase
- Dharma Talk at Upaya Zen Center with John Paul Lederach -- In one of the new, Coronavirus-era Zoom lectures, John Paul Lederach applies his theory of the Moral Imagination to COVID-19. #mbi_colleague
- Civity Blog -- Bridging Divides to Strengthen Communities -- Looking for ideas on how, in the midst of the pandemic, to help people to create authentic, empathetic, and meaningful relationships with people who differ from themselves?
- Politics, Dialogue, and the Evolution of Democracy -- Ken Cloke -- There is an alternative to all-out, us-vs-them politics. For those who want to learn about it, this is a good place to start. #mbi_knowbase
- Building Trust, Confidence and Collective Action in the Age of COVID-19 -- A first-rate, must-read analysis of larger social context of the COVID-19 crisis with realistic, concrete steps we can all take to minimize the damage. #mbi_context
- Building Trust, Confidence and Collective Action in the Age of COVID-19 -- A first-rate, must-read analysis of larger social context of the COVID-19 crisis with realistic, concrete steps we can all take to minimize the damage. #mbi_context
- Coronavirus, Beyond Intractability, and the Constructive Conflict Initiative -- Please help us pool what we collectively know about working together to fight the virus (and resisting the forces of social disintegration). #mbi_cci
- Coronavirus: The Case for Canceling Everything -- The time has clearly come to de-escalate the rhetoric, abandon us-versus-them thinking, and start doing all that we can to protect one another. #mbi_context
- Intractable Conflict: A "Climate Change-Class" Problem -- For a time when we are rightly worried about the threat posed by climate change, an argument that destructive conflict poses a similar challenge. #mbi_frontiers
- The Evolutionary Choice: "Power With" or "Power Over" -- When I prepared this 2017 talk on the evolutionary choice between democracy and authoritarianism I was afraid I was overreacting. Not anymore. #mbi_frontiers
- Cultural Lag -- Today's culture wars are largely attributable to the fact that the different generations adapted their beliefs to very different social conditions. #mbi_fundamentals
- Focus on Fixing the Problem, Not Attacking People -- Excellent, time-tested advice that's worth remembering as we struggle with the bunch of very difficult problems. #mbi_to_do
- The Divide and Conquer Authoritarian / Plutocratic Threat -- Today's most serious conflicts are, in large part, being engineered by those who seek power over the rest of the society. #mbi_frontiers
- Reconciliation Index -- Something to think about on a day when the US seems more irreconcilable than ever -- what would reconciliation look like? #mbi_videos
- Intervenors Coming to the US? A Role-Switch Thought Exercise -- Turn about is fair play: what if outside "experts" came to the U.S. to help us solve OUR conflicts? #mbi_activities
- Be Willing to Consider the Possibility That You May Be Wrong -- Most of us are so enmeshed in our own worldviews that we don't consider that we might be wrong. It helps to listen to outsiders and consider that possibility. #mbi_to_do
- Constructive Conflict Initiative Volunteer Opportunities -- The destructive way in which we handle conflict is the biggest threat to our common future. Join our effort to help address the problem. #mbi_cci
- Finding Common Ground / Constructive Addressing Differences: a Discussion Guide -- For students (and everyone else) a strategy for unpacking our conflicts that illuminates common ground and constructively addresses differences. #mbi_activities
- Enemy Images -- Enemy images deepen our socio-economics and political problems, while they make effective problem solving impossible. #mbi_fundamentals
- Allow Your Opponents to "Save Face." -- Key to solving a great many problems is giving people a face-saving way to change their behavior and admit that they've learned things. #mbi_to_do
- Understand Your--and Others'--Fundamental Human Needs -- What would happen if we focused on meeting the fundamental human needs of our adversary and then asked them to do the same? #mbi_to_do
