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CHAPTER6THE GOVERNING VALUES OF THE COLLABORATIVE MINDSET

Out beyond the ideas of wrong-doing and right-doing, there is a field. I will meet you there.

—Rm, thirteenth-century Persian poet

The collaborative mindset’s overarching purpose is insight and learning. Achieving this result requires a specific set of governing values and beliefs that, in a sense, represent the opposite set of values of the my-way mindset. Whereas my-way unilateralists assume a largely defensive array of values and beliefs, those who focus on collaboration tend to embrace ...