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Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Conflict with casualties : drama is killing us -- Conflict -- Drama -- But I'm just trying to help -- A framework for positive con-flict : compassionate accountability can change the world -- Compassion : not for the faint of heart -- Compassion and the cycles of human civilization : will we get it right this time -- Conflict without casualties users manual : putting next element's compassion cy-cle to work -- Violators will be prosecuted : three rules of the compassion cycle -- Warning! drama approaching! : three leading indicators -- It's all about choices : three choices to move -- Coaching accountability when there's no drama : match and move -- The formula for compassionate con-flict : confronting drama with compassion-ate accountability -- Conflict without casualties : preparing to struggle with -- Glossary of terms -- Appendix A: Personal development guide -- Appendix B: Preparing for conflict: building my ORPO bank -- Notes.