The Art of Fighting: The Transformative Power of Conflict

來自《聚會的藝術》作者，一部關於我們如何爭吵以及我們如何建立健康衝突的典範轉移之作。

我們說我們想要社群、成功的團隊、高績效的同事與職場，以及充滿活力的朋友群。然而，我們許多人並不瞭解在生活中締造持久社群所需的關鍵要素：健康的衝突。

在《爭吵的藝術》（The Art of Fighting）中，普莉雅·帕克（Priya Parker）解釋了如果沒有爭吵，我們就無法建立與發展有效的關係。她駁斥了衝突是不正常的、或是優秀團體就不會爭吵的觀點。所有的團體都會改變與演進；事實上，正因為人們意見相左，優秀的團體才能繁榮發展。

正如她在如今已成經典的《聚會的藝術》中所做的那樣，帕克汲取了她作為衝突調解人的深厚經驗、她自己的詳細研究以及現實世界的範例，闡明了人們可以如何識別爭議、確定如何處理爭議，以及如果爭議無法克服時該怎麼辦。無論人們是在董事會會議室還是休息室、在遊樂場還是教堂、線上還是線下產生分歧，衝突都是生活的一部分，而理解健康的衝突以及如何利用其力量比以往任何時候都更加重要。《爭吵的藝術》是一本至關重要的入門書，幫助我們所有人理解該如何做到這一點。

A paradigm-shattering exploration of how we fight and how we build healthy conflict, from the author of The Art of Gathering

We say we want community. Successful teams. High-performing colleagues and workplaces. Dynamic friend groups. Yet many of us don’t understand the crucial element we need to forge long-lasting communities in our lives: healthy conflict.

In The Art of Fighting, Priya Parker explains that we can’t form and grow effective relationships without a fight. She rejects the idea that conflict is abnormal or that good groups don’t fight. All groups change and evolve; indeed, it’s because people disagree that good groups flourish.

As she did in the now-classic The Art of Gathering, Parker draws on her far-reaching experience as a conflict facilitator, her own detailed research, and real-world examples to lay out the ways that people can identify disputes, determine how to address them, and what to do if they are insurmountable. Whether people disagree in the boardroom or the locker room, on a playground or in church, online or in person, conflict is a part of life, and understanding healthy conflict and how to harness its power is more important than ever. The Art of Fighting is a vital primer to help all of us understand how to do that.