Problems Are Often Conflicts of Interest

Problems come in many forms but often they represent conflicts of interest. People can disagree on what they want and clutch what they have in ways that create shortages and unnecessary competition over resources, people, and ideals.

Start the conversation. Create the dialogue. Centered leaders uncover what is covered to probe more deeply into the causes of any particular situation. Maybe it really is a problem -- or maybe it is a misunderstanding or misperception.

Problems are often conflicts of interest. Solving the problem requires sorting out and dealing with each conflict and each interest.

What conflict of interest are you currently experiencing? Who can you talk to about it?

What interests might you share?

-- Douglas Brent Smith