Negotiating the Nonnegotiable

How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Conflicts

By: Daniel Shapiro

Narrated by: Daniel Shapiro

** Grand Prize Winner of the 2017 Nautilus Book Award **

Are you struggling to deal with conflict in your life? In Negotiating the Nonnegotiable, Harvard negotiation expert Daniel Shapiro introduces a groundbreaking method to bridge the toughest divides—whether with family members, colleagues, or in the polarized world of politics. He reveals the hidden power of identity in fueling conflict, and presents a practical framework to reconcile even the most contentious situations. Field-tested around the world, the results are empowering.

Includes a bonus PDF with charts, work sheets, and more

Dan is a legend - you think his writing is good...

Dan, Is a star in the Harvard Program on Negotiations (PON). I just had a class with him this last week. He doesn't just teach, but also listens. He practices what he preaches, which is rare. I walked away from that course knowing I had learned something from everyone but I learned the most from Dan.

While, I am still perplexed by the ethical problem that he proposed as a final exercise - hell I am still thinking about it - maybe that was his lesson, maybe not - it doesn't really matter. He did something right if that is the only thing I walked away with.

I bought this today - will start it today but with him as both the author and narrator I am pretty darn confident that he will exceed expectations. Do note that Dan is a self trained magician - expect a surprise. Happy listening!

What a game changer

To understand deeper human needs , this is a must-read book. I ordered a hard copy to read and work through second time. Thanks Daniel Shapiro 🙏🏼

sure to be really useful

this book read really well and kept me interested entirely. however because there's so much useful information I may need to also buy the physical copy of the book to review the concepts.

Too narrative for my taste

My review might be slightly unfair, since I had somewhat rigid expectations. But what I expected was something a lot more instructional, and this book is way too story-heavy. For example, a bunch of stories were told about the tribal experiment failing, but without pointing out what should have happened instead. Listening felt like an exercise in frustration. To be fair, there might yet be a section where this is specified, but even so, the build up is way too long.

The subtitle should've been the title

It's all about conflict resolution. Very insightful and inspiring, lots of tools to deal with emotions. But most of the issues analyzed are about conflict resolution; not so much negotiation. When faced with negotiations that are emotionally charged, then this book will come in handy.
Also you're probably better off buying the book rather than the audiobook, there's just too many bullet points to keep track of while listening.