The author of the world’s best-selling book on negotiation draws on his nearly fifty years of
experience and knowledge grappling with the world’s toughest conflicts to offer a way out of
the seemingly impossible problems of our time. Conflict is increasing everywhere threatening
everything we hold dear—from our families to our democracy from our workplaces to our world.
In nearly every area of society we are fighting more and collaborating less especially over
crucial problems that demand solutions. With this groundbreaking book bestselling author and
international negotiator William Ury shares a new “path to possible”—time-tested practices that
will help readers unlock their power to constructively engage and transform conflict. Part
memoir part manual part manifesto Possible offers stories and sage advice from Ury’s nearly
50 years of experience on the front lines of some of the world’s toughest conflicts. One of the
world’s top experts in the field Ury has worked on conflicts ranging from boardroom battles to
labor strikes from the US partisan divide to family feuds from wars in the Middle East
Colombia and Ukraine to helping the US and USSR avoid nuclear disaster. Now in Possible he
helps us tackle the seemingly intransigent problems facing us. In Possible Ury argues
conflict is natural. In fact we need more conflict not less—if we are to grow change evolve
and solve our problems creatively. While we may not be able to end conflict we can transform
it—unleashing new unexpected possibilities. Successfully tested at Harvard University with
almost a thousand participants from business government academia and the nonprofit sector
Ury’s “Path to Possible” proved so valuable that Harvard’s Program on Negotiation selected it
as its inaugural online daylong in April 2022. Possible introduces Ury’s methods and makes them
available for everyone. Combining accessible frameworks and powerful storytelling and offering
dozens of examples it is an essential guide for anyone looking to break through the toughest
conflicts—in their workplace family community or the world.
