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Introducing the Moving Beyond Compromise Blog

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This series of articles will explore group decision-making and problem-solving with the aim of examining the methods used and why they so often fail to deliver effective, or sometimes any, results. I will then look at a different approach to the two related activities of decision-making and problem-solving that can, if applied, lead to the outcomes we seek. 

The overall “field” of studying decision-making and problem-solving is pretty vast, with many books, academic studies and articles, blogs, and even university classes about these subjects. In the course of these articles I will refer to some of the literature directly but will mainly focus on summarizing current practices being used and examine why they so often fail to succeed. Along the way I will offer up some new approaches.

Initially, I will be focusing on decision-making for businesses but later will go into applications in other settings. 

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Compromise – Part 2

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Last week, we looked at the first definition of compromise. I will reproduce the full list here for reference:

Webster’s New Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language defines compromise in this way:

  1. A settlement in which each side gives up some demands or makes concessions
  2. An adjustment of opposing principles, systems, etc. in which part of each is given up
  3. The result of such an adjustment or settlement
  4. Something midway between different things
  5. A laying open to danger, suspicion or disrepute, as a compromise of one’s good name, or; to surrender or give up (one’s interest, principles, etc.)

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Compromise – Part 3

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The last post ended with the question, “So, why do people use compromise?” Let’s explore that one.

Compromise is, to me, one of those things that has been around for so long that it seems normal. Does it work? That depends on what you mean by “work.” Can it be used to make decisions, come to agreement, and solve problems? Yes. But making the decision or coming to the agreement is just the beginning. What happens next is critical for determining whether the process of compromise “worked.”

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Compromise – Part 4

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There are many factors that can affect the process and effectiveness of compromise as well as what happens later. “Later?” you say. Yes, after that often convoluted effort the decisions resulting from compromise then have to be implemented and worked with, and this is another source of problems with compromise. I will get back to the topic of what happens next in a bit.

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