ABSTRACT
Two most important strategies that work in an interconnected world are: they may lead to outcomes the parties are dissatisfied with—to ugly, dreary, grey compromises; and they may lead to cumbersome and suboptimal processes, taking up a significant amount of time and thereby losing their legitimacy. This chapter explores the question about which strategies are able to contribute to mitigating these disadvantages. Command and control is the dominant style within a hierarchy a style which does not work at all within a network. Command and control can be used as an incentive to get the process of consultation and negotiation started. The chapter describes an example in the first instance and then discusses the wisdom behind this. Smart command and control may contribute to avoiding dull compromises or reducing the time decision-making takes. Decision-making in networks has the greatest chance of success where there is a win-win situation.
