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Collaborating with the Enemy (Second Edition)

How to Work with People You Don't Agree with or Like or Trust

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Collaborating with the Enemy (Second Edition)

Written by: Adam Kahane
Narrated by: Laura English
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In today's fractured world, collaboration is increasingly difficult yet more crucial than ever. Often, to get something done that really matters, we need to work with people we don't agree with, like, or trust. Drawing from thirty-plus years of experience working with leaders in over fifty countries, Adam Kahane shows why conventional collaboration—requiring harmony and agreement—is obsolete. Instead, he provides a groundbreaking approach that embraces discord, experimentation, and genuine cocreation.

Kahane introduces three key stretches to navigate difficult collaborations:

● Stretch to embrace conflict and connection

● Stretch to experiment and learn

● Stretch to step into the game

This substantially revised second edition adds multiple new chapters exploring how to work across deepening divides and with those we may never agree with. Using new case studies, a discussion guide, and frameworks for navigating permanent plurality in our polarized times, Kahane offers essential tools for transforming conflict into positive change.

©2026 Adam Kahane (P)2025 Ascent Audio Business Communication Communication & Social Skills Conflict Resolution Management & Leadership Negotiating Personal Success Self-Help
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I loved the book. It provides an interesting take on how we collaborate with people beyond our comfort zone. The examples are powerful - often located in complex and conflict affected contexts. This makes the narrative more compelling and hard to dismiss. The author’s personal journey and telling of his own experiences with “enemifying” and resisting stretch collaboration make the book relatable. I would have liked to see more practical exercises at the end of each chapter - ways to understand and apply the lessons more actively. This is likely available in some of Adam Kahane’s other books.

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