In our increasingly polarized world the ability to collaborate – when trust is low, stakes are high, and the people fundamentally disagree – is more important and more difficult than ever.
Drawing on more than thirty years of global experience, Adam shares and shares his proven methods, insights and updated strategies for how to work across deepening divides that are grounded in a fundamental shift in how to think about and approach collaboration.
This event is NOT a presentation. It is a discussion where Adam will join fellow-participants in reflecting, sharing, discussing and connecting the book’s ideas into practice.
Collaborating with the Enemy explores how change actually happens in divided systems — not through consensus or control, but through courageous, creative collaboration with those we may not like, trust, or agree with. It’s an essential read for anyone working in complexity where the future depends on people working across deep difference. This includes:
Community and social change movements
Community organizations, the broader public sector and government
Philanthropy and academia
Systems change or social enterprise
To keep our conversation as dynamic and practical as possible – and as a way of giving back to Adam – we are asking all participants to do one very powerful thing before attending the book club:
Adam has personally asked each participant to:
Post a photo of yourself with the book (paperback, e-book or audiobook)
Share:
One insight that has stayed with you
One question the book has left you with
Post this on:
LinkedIn (or other social platform) and
As a short review on Amazon and/or Goodreads
Tag Adam Kahane in your post
Making the time to do this is important because:
These posts will help to spread the book’s message and impact
Adam will use these posts to shape the book club to focus on what we are currently grappling with
The act of writing helps to clarify thinking, which is how reading evolves into real practice, not just homework.
Rather than thinking of this as an obligation, see it as an investment in your own learning, reflecting, naming what matters, and contributing to the collective knowledge of the field. It is also a small act of leadership.