What Guides Us

We use these core principles to reach honorable compromise:

  • New math: the sum is greater than the parts
  • Blue oceans: there are always unexplored options
  • Go towards: humans reside on the other end of the debate
  • Power of stories: rationality is not enough to gain understanding
  • Negotiation: know your BATNA
  • Purple problem-solving: find lasting red/blue blends
  • Peacemaking: policy war is costly
  • Ethics and good faith. Period.

Less and less purple: managing across the lines has gotten a lot harder.