Reimagining Faith and Management

14Agreement while aggrieved: Negotiating business in conflict and post-conflict settings

Jock Noble

Our faiths are varied and rich

And can overcome many a hitch

Invoke them when needed

Before getting bleeded

Let’s not play the wizard or witch

Godfrey D’Lima

Introduction

Often gently appealing to the faith of the participants, the stories of this chapter demonstrate how good faith, authentic human imagining and the mystery of the unquenchable spirit can lead to good faith negotiation and getting to ‘yes’ in negotiation and renewed interactions in fractured settings. Drawing on a diverse range of ethnicity, faith and community settings in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe the reimagining of business in tense and even hostile ...