Adam is a Director of Reos Partners and a leading organiser, designer, and facilitator of processes for business, government and civil society leaders to move forward together on their most important and intractable issues.
During the early 1990s, Adam was the head of Social, Political, Economic, and Technological Scenarios for Royal Dutch Shell in London. He facilitated the Mont Fleur Scenario Project, in which a diverse group of South African leaders worked together to contribute to their country's transition to democracy.
Since then, Adam has worked in more than fifty countries and in every part of the world, with executives, politicians, generals, guerrillas, civil servants, trade unionists, community activists, United Nations officials, clergy, and artists.
In this episode Adam shares the story of the Mont Fleur Scenario Project, how he uses scenarios to create a space to act together to transform a system, and why power, love, and justice are central to the facilitation practice he describes in his new book Facilitating Breakthrough: How to Remove Obstacles, Bridge Differences, and Move Forward Together.
Interviewed by: Amanda Reeves
More about Adam
Twitter: @adamkahane
LinkedIn: Adam Kahane
References
Scenarios: The Art of Strategic Conversation - Kees van der Heijden
Transformative Scenario Planning: Working Together to Change the Future - Adam Kahane
Solving Tough Problems: An Open Way of Talking, Listening, and Creating New Realities - Adam Kahane
Power and Love: A Theory and Practice of Social Change - Adam Kahane
Collaborating with the Enemy: How to Work with People You Don’t Agree with or Like or Trust - Adam Kahane
Facilitating Breakthrough: How to Remove Obstacles, Bridge Differences, and Move Forward Together - Adam Kahane