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Rebecca Subar writes: "Whether armed or nonviolent, what is the purpose of unilateral nonconsensual action? It is to build #power, not to resolve the demand that the group is #protesting about."

#MandyBrown: "What’s important is that it shifts expectations: […] the desired outcome is a more level playing field—level enough that true #negotiation can take place."
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A working library is a blog about work, reading & technology by Mandy Brown
A Working LibraryWhen to Talk and When to Fight by Rebecca SubarThis short and impactful book outlines a concise and clear strategic framework for choosing whether to negotiate, to build power, or to vanquish your opponents.

"If at the moment you are haphazardly and unknowingly optimizing for only one mode of thinking, you are also unknowingly optimizing for confusion and misunderstanding and second-guessing.

Because the efficiency of communication isn‘t solely a measure of the time it takes to move information from one head to another; it‘s also the time and energy required to build and sustain collective understanding." — #MandyBrown #EverythingChanges
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everything changes Writers and talkers and leaders, oh my! | everything changesWhat modes are you thinking with?

Rebecca #Subar writes: "Whether armed or nonviolent, what is the purpose of unilateral nonconsensual action? It is to build #power, not to resolve the demand that the group is #protesting about."

Cited by #MandyBrown @aworkinglibrary: "What’s important is that it shifts expectations: […] the desired outcome is a more level playing field—level enough that true #negotiation can take place."

aworkinglibrary.com/reading/wh #workplace #sociality #resistance #organisations #activism #deathOfManagement

A working library is a blog about work, reading & technology by Mandy Brown
A Working LibraryWhen to Talk and When to Fight by Rebecca SubarThis short and impactful book outlines a concise and clear strategic framework for choosing whether to negotiate, to build power, or to vanquish your opponents.

> “One of the questions I always ask of stories is how they *work*. Who do they serve? Who benefits? Who, if anyone, is burdened or harmed by them? Who is uplifted? What modes or methods or structures do they employ?”

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aworkinglibrary.com/writing/sm

A Working LibrarySmoke screenInterrogating the story behind “artificial intelligence.”