Today's conflicts can be resolved by ancient values; A Twin Cities consultant uses lessons from ancient cultures to tackle conflicts in workplaces.(BUSINESS)(WORK & LIFE)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: August 10, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: H.J. Cummins; Staff Writer

The world watches sadly while two ancient cultures bring violence against one another in the Middle East.

But there are people who say ancient cultures can show the way to making peace. And using the work of a cultural anthropologist, they are applying the "best practices" of ancient, native peoples to modern workplaces.

Angeles Arrien is the California anthropologist who studied the ways of more than 120 indigenous peoples across the world's continents, and in her book, "The Four-Fold Way," she wrote about the universal principles ...

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