Ideas: Books

A video excerpt from "The Linder Negotiation", a proprietary training video produced by CBI for Procter & Gamble.

This presentation surveys tools and guiding principles for effective public engagement. It examines four purposes for engaging with the public, and eight best-practice principles for producing useful dialogue and collaborative problem-solving.

CBI Managing Director, Patrick Field, appears on Minnesota Public Radio's "How Disgraced Public Figures Can Find Redemption", to discuss how public figures can best rebuild a reputation in tatters. Field, co-author of Dealing with an Angry Public, details the five critical steps necessary for making an effective public apology.

This is the Teacher's Guide Preview to Workable Peace — CBI's innovative secondary school curriculum, teaching, and learning project that integrates the study of intergroup conflict and the development of crucial civic and social skills into social studies and humanities classes.

View the complete Teacher's Guide to Workable Peace (in 8 parts).

CBI Managing Director David Fairman discusses why and how leaders need to build consensus, drawing examples of successes and failures from American history. Topics cover Presidents Woodrow Wilson, Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, and Jimmy Carter, as well as the debates over The Clean Air Act, vehicle emissions standards, and reintegrating ex-offenders.

Stacie Nicole Smith, CBI Senior Associate and Director of Workable Peace, discusses her work with the Getty Conservation Institute and other organizations that deal with cultural and historical heritage sites and issues. A project to develop teaching materials for cultural heritage site managers, evolves into an exploration of broader applications of consensus building frameworks and skills in cultural heritage management. 

A collaboration between the Consensus Building Institute and Search for Common Ground, the U.S. Muslim Engagement Initiative has crafted a multi-faceted strategy to enhance U.S. and international security and improve U.S.-Muslim relations. This is Part 1 of a 2-part "Link TV" documentary on the creation of the U.S.-Muslim Engagement Initiative.

Learn more about the U.S.-Muslim Engagement Initiative.

The U.S. Muslim Engagement Initiative has crafted a multi-faceted strategy to enhance U.S. and international security and improve U.S.-Muslim relations. The Initiative will disseminate this new broad-based strategy, in order to shift American public opinion, impact government policies, and stimulate effective public and private action. This is Part 2 of a 2-part "Link TV" documentary on the creation of the U.S.-Muslim Engagement Initiative. 

Learn more about the U.S.-Muslim Engagement Initiative.

Hal Movius, discusses why building individual negotiation skills can fail to produce organizational results. Dr. Movius, co-author of "Built to Win: Creating a World-Class Negotiation Organization", explains how business leaders focus too much on building general negotiation skills, and not enough on assessing and changing organizational constraints — the way that roles, processes, and incentives are structured.

Lawrence Susskind, CBI Founder/Chief Knowledge Officer and MIT Professor, is featured on New Hampshire Public Radio's "The Exchange", addressing the issue of NIMBYism (Not in My Backyard) — those who oppose local siting of renewable energy projects because of the actual or perceived losses to themselves and their community, regardless of potential benefits. Susskind recommends that energy planners and developers inform the public about projects before decisions about siting are made and give all stakeholders a chance to participate in the decision making process.

CBI Founder/Chief Knowledge Officer, MIT Professor, and keynote speaker, Lawrence Susskind is interviewed by the International Development Director of the ESSEC Business School, during their "Organizations Change in Response to Environmental Demands" Conference in March, 2010. 

This is an excerpt from "Preparing for Battle", a proprietary training video produced by CBI for Procter & Gamble.