“Conventional” collaboration is becoming extinct. I have the privilege of knowing Adam Kahane as a client. For more than 25 years he has helped organizations address their most complex and vexing problems. Along the way he’s learned that conventional collaboration techniques, ones that seek what he refers to as the “miraculous option”, in which all parties work things through together, are too simplistic to meet the needs of an increasingly complex world. He points instead to what he’s named stretch collaboration. Rather than just race toward consensus on the best solution to a problem, stretch collaboration allows groups to try out multiple perspectives and possibilities in order to discover, one step at a time, what will work and move the group forward. For most people, stretch collaboration is unfamiliar and uncomfortable. Fortunately for us, Kahane is an able and trustworthy guide into this uncharted territory. His new book is essential reading for any change agent in any kind of organization. It is essential reading in a time when our civic and economic lives are increasingly complex. Book: Collaborating with the Enemy: How to Work with People You Don't Agree with or Like or Trust