Peter T. Coleman
@PeterTColeman1
Columbia Prof, Dad, Psychologist. Applying leading science to advance peace, constructive conflict and social justice. Latest Book: The Way Out.
We are sheep. I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here. nytimes.com/2025/07/23/opi…
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote: “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless yet be determined to make them…
The algorithm is clear - find deep grievances - joblessness, opioids, crime, poor healthcare - weaponize them and blame them on the other political party, thereby distracting voters from the REAL DRIVERS - inequality, corporate greed, $ in politics, a broken system - and you…
To promote or degrade decency? The choice is ours. Decency Is the Small Word That Holds a Big Country Together | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-fi…
I am honored to have our work on Conflict-Intelligent Leadership featured as the cover story in the Summer issue of HBR - AND on the HBR IdeaCast podcast. Now is the time for leaders of all stripes to Get Smart!
What the World needs now... Decency Is the Small Word That Holds a Big Country Together | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-fi…
What do we really know about peace? A Radical New Science of Peace medium.com/p/a-radical-ne…
This HBR IdeaCast interview is an excellent complement to my current cover article on The Conflict-Intelligent Leader in the summer edition of Harvard Business Review. Check them out! Podcast: hbr.org/podcast/2025/0…. Article: hbr.org/2025/07/the-co…
Just up! HBR IdeaCast interview with me on Conflict Intelligent Leadership! hbr.org/podcast/2025/0…
A high honor to get a shout out from my friend, the great poet Pádraig Ó Tuama, about my recent article on Conflict IQ Leadership! Talk-about-talk open.substack.com/pub/poetryunbo…
A genuine honor to work with the Excellencies of the Global First Partners' Academy at the Ford Foundation this week. We discussed Conflict-Intelligent Leadership - and I learned a great deal!
This post has been the top read article on my blog since last fall. Perhaps it's time for a mobilizing??? To Support Violence or Nonviolence — That is The Question medium.com/p/to-support-v…
My 2 cents. Columbia, Bring Barack Back Home medium.com/p/columbia-bri…
Check out my cover article on The Conflict-Intelligent Leader in HBR's summer issue! (Suitable beach reading). hbr.org/2025/07/the-co…
Do you have any advice for how people might answer the question what is the meaning of life?
Got peace? The U.S. ranks at the bottom globally in positive group interactions featured in the media, highlighting deep social fractures. Traditional peace indices miss such vital signs of peace: quality of relationships between social groups matters. psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-fi…
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JOIN US at APA in Denver on August 8 to learn the latest science and practice for addressing our first-order problem of Toxic Polarization.
