If you can believe the news, human interaction in business, politics, and personal relationships seems to be finding less and less common ground to agree upon and more irreconcilable issues to contest. It seems the permission we give ourselves to disagree, and we all have our opinions, is encroaching into decision management. Traditionally, we tended to air our differences, make a decision that seemed to be best for all and forged onward. Lately, there seems to be an unspoken permission making it acceptable to spoil the very fabric of human connection by refusing to accept any compromise. While airing issues and voicing disagreement is healthy, allowing the many facets of an issue to be explored, societies, businesses and relationships must grow their common ground, not diminish it, if they are to survive and prosper. An unwillingness to compromise -- to find this mutually acceptable solution -- chips away at the common ground, and leads to greater discord, rancor while escalating the potential for conflict.