And the winner is…”And!”

Seventy-five percent of corporate mergers fail because of conflicts in leader relationships. Over 50% of marriages end in divorce, largely due to communications. Corporate and marriage counselors will tell you, “It’s not that the parties in the union were talking and stopped talking—they stopped listening.” Conflicts became an arena for a fight rather than an opportunity to creatively problem solve.

Put a microscope on familiar conflicts—labor vs. management, Democrats vs. Republicans, North K...