"This book will provide hope and inspiration to readers that despite deep divisions in this country, we can work collaboratively to solve critical issues. The authors will recount specific examples, primarily from the work of Convergence Center for Policy Resolution but also including the work of others, that demonstrate the power of collaborative problem-solving on a wide range of issues. The book will walk readers through, and equip them to employ, the mindsets and approaches that lead to effective problem-solving across differences in a wide variety of settings-- around public issues at the national, state, and local levels and in private settings like businesses, non-profit organizations, academic institutions and elsewhere."-- Provided by publisher.