Adar helps people have big conversations. He has worked as a mediator, educator, and adviser in conflict zones, political campaigns, and healthcare systems. His private sector clients include Charles Schwab, the NBA, and Capital One. His nonprofit clients include the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Monadnock Area Transitional Shelter, and MacDowell. Adar holds a PhD in conflict resolution from the University of Dublin and has taught at Harvard University, the University of Chicago, and — at the invitation of the King of Bhutan — at Sherubtse College, the Himalayan Kingdom’s first institution for higher education. His work has been featured by the New York Times, MSNBC, and on the TED stage. Adar lives in an 1850 farmhouse in New Hampshire where he and his wife are raising two tough little negotiators.