Power play drills down this week to the leader’s core. Previous columns played with the dynamics of power first, as the object and last week, as the agent or leader.  Essentially, anyone can choose power (attempting to assert one’s will on another) and no one can cho...

“Tit for tat is how you “go for breakthrough” when playing with [power grabbing aggressors]. Its aim is to help mutual cooperation evolve. Once in place, mutual cooperation sets the stage for the truly exciting, productive aspects of playing Breakthrough, aspects that...

The importance of TIT FOR TAT in the evolution of co-operative behavior was discovered in a very unusual way, through a worldwide computer competition to find the winning strategy for the well known paradox ‘The Prisoner’s Dilemma’. In 1981 TIT FOR TAT won that comp...