Alternatives - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Mar 2017
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Negotiating Peace in Canada's Largest Rainforest

of them was facing poor to catastrophic outcomes if it failed. That meant that the best alternative to no agreement-- the old famous BATNA-- was front and center for the major actors and it was highly negative. And so it put an impetus... View Details

01 Mar 2017
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The Middle Way

had stuck with him, including the best alternative to a negotiated agreement (BATNA)—which essentially entails outlining a fallback plan if things go awry and offering a reality check for people caught up in anger. It was a particularly... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous

06 Dec 2021
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New Wave

use Roosevelt Island as a testbed for use-cases such as hydrogen production. And proponents argue that marine energy could offer underdeveloped island and coastal states, along with almost any place that has access to the ocean but not to a reliable electrical grid, a... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen

01 Jun 2018
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June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

Practices (and Bring a Beginner’s Mind) to Survive by Geoff Tuff (MBA 2000) and Steven Goldbach Wiley Tuff explains how organizations built up bad habits, identifies which ones masquerade as “best practices,” and suggests alternatives... View Details

16 Sep 2015
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Built for Speed

we could tap the wisdom of the crowd to help design them? When you start thinking about making cars this way, at some point you’ve ceased thinking about cars and started thinking about a modern alternative to mass production. People will... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

senator’s term. A maverick operating without Congressional approval both domestically and in foreign affairs, Medlock alternately delights and outrages people throughout the U.S. and around the world. Tōru: Wayfarer Returns by Stephanie... View Details

01 Sep 2017
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City of Dreams

seemingly impossible medley of challenges to juggle, Mawilmada admits, in a free-association stream of thought that captures the alternating states of optimism and despair that can come from trying to help steer your country in the right... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

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