We would like to be able to address and resolve all of the conflicts which
arise for us. Sometimes a conflict appears to be too complex or confusing and we
can't figure out what to do. This may be because we have focused our attention
on the part of the system which is most troublesome and are ignoring the part of
the system where we have the biggest opportunities for transformation.
At a recent presentation on Creative Conflict Resolution I invited participants to name current conflicts in their lives which we could use as case examples to display the concepts we considered in the workshop. There were two women who came to the presentation specifically because of an issue arising for them in the context of their work for a large non-profit institution in their role as managers of a cadre of volunteers for the non-profit.