The Polarity Man: Transform Conflict into Wisdom
7 min readApr 11, 2021
“Polarity Man” has a couple meanings. It could be a short hand for Polarity Management, a technique developed by conflict expert Barry Johnson (which this technique is largely derived from). Or it could be a play on the theme of “straw man,” “steel man,” or my concept of the “titanium man” as a technique to (re)frame arguments.